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Bill RELATING TO TORTURE. Defines and prohibits the offense of torture. Makes torture a class A felony. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2025 SB 281 Hawaii SB 281 (2025)
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Hawaii SB 281 (2025) — RELATING TO TORTURE.

Defines and prohibits the offense of torture. Makes torture a class A felony. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB281 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB281_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB281_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB281_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB281_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 20 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 250 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 40 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-05-30 Act 147, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). became-law
  • 2025-05-30 Act 147, 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). became-law
  • 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). receipt
  • 2025-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). receipt
  • 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). passage
  • 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
  • 2025-04-24 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
  • 2025-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 27) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2025-04-24 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
  • 2025-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 27).
  • 2025-04-23 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Tarnas, Olds, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2025-04-23 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-22 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 4:00PM; Conference Room 325.
  • 2025-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799). receipt
  • 2025-04-22 House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Olds, Garcia.
  • 2025-04-21 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 851). receipt
  • 2025-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Awa.
  • 2025-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). receipt
  • 2025-04-10 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
  • 2025-04-10 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 635). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-04-08 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2025-04-04 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
  • 2025-04-04 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2034) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2025-04-02 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 04-02-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2025-03-13 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Ward, Woodson excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-13 Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1208) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
  • 2025-03-11 The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 03-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2025-03-06 Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 19 referral-committee
  • 2025-03-06 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-03-04 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 120) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-03-04 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2025-02-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
  • 2025-02-28 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 814) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2025-02-05 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-01-29 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-01-27 Re-Referred to JDC. referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Referred to HHS, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
  • 2025-01-14 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18cad7e5-a5a8-4e7b-a0ed-6f1a9365b9fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).