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Bill RELATING TO THE INITIATION OF FELONY PROSECUTIONS. Specifies that a person may be tried and sentenced for certain alleged felony offenses through the complaint and preliminary hearing process, indictment by grand jury, or by written information. Specifies that multiple attempts to initiate a felony prosecution for the same offense, either through the same initial charging method or an alternative method, or in different forums, shall not be permitted, except in certain circumstances. us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2023 Regular Session SB 36 Hawaii SB 36 (2023 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 36 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE INITIATION OF FELONY PROSECUTIONS.

Specifies that a person may be tried and sentenced for certain alleged felony offenses through the complaint and preliminary hearing process, indictment by grand jury, or by written information. Specifies that multiple attempts to initiate a felony prosecution for the same offense, either through the same initial charging method or an alternative method, or in different forums, shall not be permitted, except in certain circumstances.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. SB36 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 90 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • CHANG — primary (person)
  • KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
  • MCKELVEY — primary (person)
  • RHOADS — primary (person)
  • Kidani — cosponsor (person)
  • Kim — cosponsor (person)
  • Shimabukuro — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-03-22 Act 001, on 03/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1101). became-law
  • 2023-03-23 Act 001, 03/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1101). became-law
  • 2023-03-08 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2023-03-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 234). introduction, receipt
  • 2023-03-07 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2023-03-03 Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2).
  • 2023-03-03 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 946), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2023-02-28 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ganaden; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-28-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2023-02-16 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 15 referral-committee
  • 2023-02-03 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2023-02-02 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 5). introduction, receipt
  • 2023-02-02 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2023-02-01 One Day Notice 02-02-23.
  • 2023-02-01 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-02-01 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2023-01-27 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-01-23 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-27-23 10:00AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2023-01-20 Referred to JDC. referral-committee
  • 2023-01-18 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
  • 2023-01-14 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6fbd170-d2ce-4a91-bbe8-49beb373c8fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).