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Bill RELATING TO SENTENCING OF MINOR DEFENDANTS. Requires courts to consider certain factors when sentencing a person convicted as an adult for an offense that the person committed when the person was a minor. Allows courts to reduce a mandatory minimum period of incarceration or depart from a mandatory sentencing enhancement if the court determines that the reduction or departure is warranted given certain factors. (HD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2025 SB 544 Hawaii SB 544 (2025)
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Hawaii SB 544 (2025) — RELATING TO SENTENCING OF MINOR DEFENDANTS.

Requires courts to consider certain factors when sentencing a person convicted as an adult for an offense that the person committed when the person was a minor. Allows courts to reduce a mandatory minimum period of incarceration or depart from a mandatory sentencing enhancement if the court determines that the reduction or departure is warranted given certain factors. (HD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB544 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB544_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Final Reading. — 23–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsider: Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • CHANG — primary (person)
  • GABBARD — primary (person)
  • KIDANI — primary (person)
  • RHOADS — primary (person)
  • SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-05-29 Act 122, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). became-law
  • 2025-05-29 Act 122, 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). 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. 437). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-04-02 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2025-03-31 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Hussey, Lowen, Ward excused (4).
  • 2025-03-31 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1723) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2025-03-14 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-12 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-14-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2025-03-07 Re-referred to JHA, referral sheet 20 referral-committee
  • 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. 166). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-03-04 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 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 879) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2025-02-07 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-01-31 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 9:25AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-01-31 Re-Referred to JDC. referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Referred to HHS, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2025-01-17 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2025-01-17 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f15008b-1ad4-43d3-ae95-8d99162a9c37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).

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