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Bill	RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT ORDERS.	Amends the expungement orders law to reflect that a person who is arrested for or charged with a crime but convicted of a violation is eligible for an expungement of their arrest record for that incident. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 2279	Hawaii HB 2279 (2026)	bill	Expungement Orders Violations	enacted	NAKAMURA	4	41	7	2026-01-26	2026-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/106d7201-60c7-4358-b892-f23de2946a1e	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2279&year=2026	b46dfe9a408d13c71a1e54c3b51699ee01304e9b5aed1b84d457256dcd46d2c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 2279 (2026) — RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT ORDERS.

Amends the expungement orders law to reflect that a person who is arrested for or charged with a crime but convicted of a violation is eligible for an expungement of their arrest record for that incident. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB2279 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2279_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2279_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2279_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• NAKAMURA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-26 Act 152, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). became-law
• 2026-06-26 Act 152, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). 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 (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). 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. 67-26).
• 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 67-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-04-27 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) Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Belatti, Poepoe, Ratcliffe, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2026-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 1:30PM in conference room 325.
• 2026-04-21 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 717). receipt
• 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; DeCorte.
• 2026-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799). receipt
• 2026-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Belatti, Poepoe, Ratcliffe, Shimizu.
• 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. 672) 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. 3758) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-01 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, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:30AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-23 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-23 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3103) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2026-03-16 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., Inouye; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, DeCorte. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-12 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-26 3:02PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to PSM, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 387). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-03-05 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1).
• 2026-03-05 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 903-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2026-02-19 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-19-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-01-30 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 5 referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-26 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/106d7201-60c7-4358-b892-f23de2946a1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).