republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-2096.md

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Bill	RELATING TO AGGRAVATED CIRCUMSTANCES IN CHILD PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS.	Clarifies and expands procedures for aggravated circumstances determinations in Child Protective Act proceedings. Authorizes the Family Court to make a finding of aggravated circumstances at any stage of a Child Protective Act proceeding before the termination of parental rights, rather than limiting these findings to the return hearing. Incorporates the definition of torture under the Penal Code for purposes of defining aggravated circumstances involving child torture under the Child Protective Act. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 2096	Hawaii HB 2096 (2026)	bill	Aggravated Circumstances Hearings Child Protective Proceedings Family Courts Judiciary Package	enacted	NAKAMURA	4	37	5	2026-01-23	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/aed24298-a2c2-42f1-98fb-84ba37c0341f	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2096&year=2026	1c0d2cd32cf1bfb0aaf4c8630dc07eb93fe415cbe35835e487dc63f853451b3a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 2096 (2026) — RELATING TO AGGRAVATED CIRCUMSTANCES IN CHILD PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS.

Clarifies and expands procedures for aggravated circumstances determinations in Child Protective Act proceedings. Authorizes the Family Court to make a finding of aggravated circumstances at any stage of a Child Protective Act proceeding before the termination of parental rights, rather than limiting these findings to the return hearing. Incorporates the definition of torture under the Penal Code for purposes of defining aggravated circumstances involving child torture under the Child Protective Act. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB2096 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2096_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2096_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2096_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• NAKAMURA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-27 Act 048, on 05/27/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1148). became-law
• 2026-05-27 Act 048, 05/27/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1148). became-law
• 2026-04-23 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2026-04-24 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). receipt
• 2026-04-23 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1). passage
• 2026-04-23 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2026-04-23 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 815). receipt
• 2026-04-22 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-16-26.
• 2026-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 719). receipt
• 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; McKelvey.
• 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. 659) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2026-04-14 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-04-10 One Day Notice 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-10 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3750) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-07 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
• 2026-04-01 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-30 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-30 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3334) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2026-03-25 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 1:40PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to HHS, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 353). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-03-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1126-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-02-25 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-23 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-19 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 530-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2026-02-10 The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-05 Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-10-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-01-28 Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-23 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aed24298-a2c2-42f1-98fb-84ba37c0341f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).