republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2025/sb-295.md

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Bill	RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.	Increases the penalties imposed on individuals convicted for violations of temporary restraining orders and orders for protection. Clarifies that the court shall not sentence a defendant to pay a fine for violating a domestic abuse protective order if the court makes an on-the-record determination that the defendant is or will be unable to pay the fine. Specifies that any conviction for violation of a temporary restraining order issued under the same judicial case number as an order for protection shall be treated as a prior violation of an order for protection. Clarifies when the court may suspend certain jail sentences for violations of domestic abuse protective orders. (HD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2025	SB 295	Hawaii SB 295 (2025)	bill	Domestic Abuse Protective Orders Order for Protection Penalties Temporary Restraining Order	enacted	CHANG FEVELLA FUKUNAGA SAN BUENAVENTURA WAKAI	4	34	5	2025-01-14	2025-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/a17f4a5a-d612-47de-9241-be0129f4b49e	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=295&year=2025	d629b8bfc7a9ed4db65feefa652e3102a2847b5cbe4c8251d9baa1d74c53f720	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 295 (2025) — RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

Increases the penalties imposed on individuals convicted for violations of temporary restraining orders and orders for protection. Clarifies that the court shall not sentence a defendant to pay a fine for violating a domestic abuse protective order if the court makes an on-the-record determination that the defendant is or will be unable to pay the fine. Specifies that any conviction for violation of a temporary restraining order issued under the same judicial case number as an order for protection shall be treated as a prior violation of an order for protection. Clarifies when the court may suspend certain jail sentences for violations of domestic abuse protective orders. (HD2)

Version chain

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

1. SB295 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB295_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB295_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB295_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 23–2 (pass) · upper
• The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Final Reading. — 23–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• CHANG — primary (person)
• FEVELLA — primary (person)
• FUKUNAGA — primary (person)
• SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
• WAKAI — primary (person)
• DeCoite — cosponsor (person)
• Hashimoto — cosponsor (person)
• Kidani — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-29 Act 121, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). became-law
• 2025-05-29 Act 121, 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). became-law
• 2025-04-16 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-16 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 806). receipt
• 2025-04-16 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Ihara). passage
• 2025-04-15 Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 786). receipt
• 2025-04-15 One Day Notice 04-16-25
• 2025-04-15 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-16-25.
• 2025-04-15 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-03-25 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
• 2025-04-03 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 481). receipt
• 2025-04-03 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2025-04-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 434). introduction, receipt
• 2025-04-02 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2025-03-31 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-02-25.
• 2025-03-31 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1730) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2025-03-20 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-20-25 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 Representative(s) Garcia 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. 1210) 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; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 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. 123) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2025-03-04 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). 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. 878) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2025-02-20 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, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-14 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-20-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2025-01-29 Re-Referred to JDC. referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Referred to JDC, WAM. 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/a17f4a5a-d612-47de-9241-be0129f4b49e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).