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Bill RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Establishes as a goal of the State the increased representation of female law enforcement officers in the State by 2030 and nonbinary law enforcement officers in the State. Requires each law enforcement agency to recruit law enforcement officers from diverse backgrounds. (SD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2024 HB 2231 Hawaii HB 2231 (2024)
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Hawaii HB 2231 (2024) — RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Establishes as a goal of the State the increased representation of female law enforcement officers in the State by 2030 and nonbinary law enforcement officers in the State. Requires each law enforcement agency to recruit law enforcement officers from diverse backgrounds. (SD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB2231 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB2231_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB2231_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 80 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 41 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 41 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 130 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • AMATO — primary (person)
  • BELATTI — primary (person)
  • EVSLIN — primary (person)
  • GANADEN — primary (person)
  • HUSSEY-BURDICK — primary (person)
  • KAPELA — primary (person)
  • KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
  • LAMOSAO — primary (person)
  • LOWEN — primary (person)
  • MARTEN — primary (person)
  • MARTINEZ — primary (person)
  • MORIKAWA — primary (person)
  • PERRUSO — primary (person)
  • POEPOE — primary (person)
  • SOUZA — primary (person)
  • Sayama — cosponsor (person)
  • Tam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-07-09 Act 251, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356). became-law
  • 2024-07-09 Act 251, on 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356). became-law
  • 2024-04-17 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2024-04-18 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 764). receipt
  • 2024-04-17 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Matsumoto, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Garcia, Kila, Nakashima excused (3). passage
  • 2024-04-17 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
  • 2024-04-17 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 758). receipt
  • 2024-04-16 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
  • 2024-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). receipt
  • 2024-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
  • 2024-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 568) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2024-04-09 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2024-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
  • 2024-04-05 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3651) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
  • 2024-03-27 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-21 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-27-24 9:45AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2024-03-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2024-03-14 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3086) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
  • 2024-03-11 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-08 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-24 3:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
  • 2024-03-07 Referred to PSM, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2024-03-07 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2024-03-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 321). introduction, receipt
  • 2024-03-05 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Aiu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kila, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2024-03-01 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-05-24.
  • 2024-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 944-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2024-02-22 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Aiu, Kila, Alcos, Ward; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Nishimoto, Poepoe. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-02-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-22-24 11:30AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2024-02-07 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Nakashima, Ward excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2024-02-07 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 129-24), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2024-02-01 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Ichiyama. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-01-30 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-01-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2024-01-26 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
  • 2024-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2024-01-22 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5fc14dfe-6b36-4c2f-bf50-ea0b3e8ecc64. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).