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Bill RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Requires law enforcement to post notice that a warranted or warrantless search has been conducted on a property. Requires a law enforcement officer to secure any entrance used by an officer in the search. Requires law enforcement agencies to develop a policy for securing the entrances to a house, store, or other building designated as a place to be searched after a search is completed. Allows the breaking of any doors, gates, other bars to the entrance, closets, and other closed places during a search when reasonable and other means of entering the space are not reasonable. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2025 SB 601 Hawaii SB 601 (2025)
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Hawaii SB 601 (2025) — RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Requires law enforcement to post notice that a warranted or warrantless search has been conducted on a property. Requires a law enforcement officer to secure any entrance used by an officer in the search. Requires law enforcement agencies to develop a policy for securing the entrances to a house, store, or other building designated as a place to be searched after a search is completed. Allows the breaking of any doors, gates, other bars to the entrance, closets, and other closed places during a search when reasonable and other means of entering the space are not reasonable. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB601 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB601_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB601_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB601_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 232 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 20 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 241 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 41 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • AQUINO — primary (person)
  • CHANG — primary (person)
  • FEVELLA — primary (person)
  • KIDANI — primary (person)
  • KIM — primary (person)
  • RHOADS — primary (person)
  • WAKAI — primary (person)
  • Elefante — cosponsor (person)
  • Moriwaki — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-06-30 Act 245, on 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). became-law
  • 2025-06-30 Act 245, 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). 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, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (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. 14) 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. 14).
  • 2025-04-17 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Perruso; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.
  • 2025-04-17 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Rhoads, Elefante, Fukunaga, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-16 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-17-25 1:30PM in conference room 325.
  • 2025-04-15 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789). receipt
  • 2025-04-15 Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Rhoads, Elefante Co-Chairs; Fukunaga, Fevella.
  • 2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). receipt
  • 2025-04-14 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Perruso, Garcia.
  • 2025-04-08 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774). receipt
  • 2025-04-08 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
  • 2025-04-08 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 581). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-04-04 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela, Marten excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2025-04-02 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 excused (1).
  • 2025-04-02 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1751) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2025-03-13 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
  • 2025-03-11 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-13-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2025-03-06 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 19 referral-committee
  • 2025-03-06 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-03-04 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 175) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-03-04 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. 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 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1015) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
  • 2025-02-12 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, Chang, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-11 The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 02-12-25 9:50AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. deferral
  • 2025-02-07 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-11-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-02-05 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-05 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 32) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
  • 2025-01-29 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) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-01-24 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-01-23 Referred to PSM, 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/e87bd941-9e33-4b37-94ab-d7d488d48b1d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).