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| Bill | RELATING TO WITNESS FEES. | Increases the fees paid to witnesses in civil and criminal trials. Changes the fees paid to witnesses in civil trials for travel expenses from 20 cents a mile to the mileage allowance prescribed by the Administrator of General Services. Authorizes reimbursement to witnesses in civil trials for use of common carriers. (CD1) | us/states/hi | Hawaii Legislature | 2025 | SB 428 | Hawaii SB 428 (2025) |
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Hawaii SB 428 (2025) — RELATING TO WITNESS FEES.
Increases the fees paid to witnesses in civil and criminal trials. Changes the fees paid to witnesses in civil trials for travel expenses from 20 cents a mile to the mileage allowance prescribed by the Administrator of General Services. Authorizes reimbursement to witnesses in civil trials for use of common carriers. (CD1)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- SB428 (committee substitute) — source
- SB428_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB428_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- RHOADS — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-06-03 Act 153, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253).
became-law - 2025-06-03 Act 153, 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253).
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 none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2).
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 - 2025-04-25 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- 2025-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 122) as amended in (CD 1).
- 2025-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
- 2025-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 122).
- 2025-04-23 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kitagawa, Shimizu; 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, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-22 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 2:15PM in conference room 325.
- 2025-04-22 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-25 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.
- 2025-04-17 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-25 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.
- 2025-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754).
receipt - 2025-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Shimizu.
- 2025-04-15 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789).
receipt - 2025-04-15 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; 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. 646).
introduction, receipt - 2025-04-08 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
passage - 2025-04-04 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
- 2025-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1989) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- 2025-03-28 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-27 Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-28-25 1:59PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2025-03-27 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-28-25.
deferral - 2025-03-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2025-03-18 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
reading-2, referral-committee - 2025-03-18 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1294), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- 2025-03-11 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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 - 2025-03-07 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2025-03-06 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19
referral-committee - 2025-03-06 Pass First Reading
reading-1 - 2025-03-04 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 156).
introduction, receipt - 2025-03-04 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage - 2025-02-28 One Day Notice 03-04-25.
- 2025-02-28 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 857) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- 2025-02-26 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-24 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:04AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- 2025-02-04 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
reading-2, referral-committee - 2025-02-04 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 26) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- 2025-01-30 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, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-01-27 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- 2025-01-21 Referred to JDC, WAM.
referral-committee - 2025-01-16 Passed First Reading.
reading-1 - 2025-01-16 Introduced.
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1829f974-cf2a-4b08-b918-acb69eae5f98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).