republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-1548.md

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Bill	RELATING TO SENTENCING.	Limits the maximum term of imprisonment for misdemeanors that are not crimes of violence, or for offenses that are not crimes of violence punishable by up to or not exceeding one year, to three hundred sixty-four days. Allows individuals previously sentenced to a one-year term of imprisonment for an offense that is not a crime of violence to apply to the trial court for reconsideration of the sentence to conform to the revised maximum penalty. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 1548	Hawaii HB 1548 (2026)	bill	Misdemeanors Nonviolent Offenses Penal Code Sentencing	enacted	AMATO ILAGAN IWAMOTO KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY KUSCH MARTEN PERRUSO POEPOE SOUZA TAKAYAMA TARNAS	4	38	6	2026-01-15	2026-06-24	openstates	ocd-bill/8f7cac3d-4b29-4af4-a539-81b426825df3	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1548&year=2026	b4602e623a13f3ab63004c120139044d3b6b6d2e564b31ccdcfdb8744a713f75	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1548 (2026) — RELATING TO SENTENCING.

Limits the maximum term of imprisonment for misdemeanors that are not crimes of violence, or for offenses that are not crimes of violence punishable by up to or not exceeding one year, to three hundred sixty-four days. Allows individuals previously sentenced to a one-year term of imprisonment for an offense that is not a crime of violence to apply to the trial court for reconsideration of the sentence to conform to the revised maximum penalty. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1548 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1548_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1548_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1548_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 22–3 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–1 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 22–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• AMATO — primary (person)
• ILAGAN — primary (person)
• IWAMOTO — primary (person)
• KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
• KUSCH — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• PERRUSO — primary (person)
• POEPOE — primary (person)
• SOUZA — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• Reyes Oda — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-24 Act 143, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). became-law
• 2026-06-24 Act 143, 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). became-law
• 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kila, Olds, Pierick voting no (4) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2026-04-29 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 69-26).
• 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 69-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-04-29 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Belatti, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2026-04-29 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-28 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-29-26 2:20PM in conference room 325.
• 2026-04-27 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 782). receipt
• 2026-04-27 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Chang, San Buenaventura.
• 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). receipt
• 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Belatti, Poepoe, Garcia.
• 2026-04-17 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). receipt
• 2026-04-16 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2026-04-14 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 583) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2026-04-14 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-04-09 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-09 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-04-09 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3660) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2026-03-24 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, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 242). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Gedeon, Kila, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-03-05 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1).
• 2026-03-05 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 907-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2026-02-13 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Takayama. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-11 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-13-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-01-26 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-15 Prefiled.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f7cac3d-4b29-4af4-a539-81b426825df3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).