republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/sb-2108.md

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Bill	RELATING TO JURISDICTION.	Amends the factors a family court is required to consider in deciding whether the family court may waive jurisdiction over a minor or adult held for criminal proceedings for acts committed during the person's minority. Preserves the family court's jurisdiction over a minor transferred for criminal proceedings for subsequent acts that would otherwise be within the family court's jurisdiction. Requires the family court to retain jurisdiction over a minor if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the minor was trafficked, sexually abused, or raped by the alleged victim in the case before or during the commission of the alleged offense. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	SB 2108	Hawaii SB 2108 (2026)	bill	Abuse Criminal Offenses Family Court Jurisdiction Minor Defendants Trauma Waiver	enacted	FEVELLA GABBARD HASHIMOTO KIDANI	5	46	7	2026-01-14	2026-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/56ba84d2-7ae1-4858-a4d5-764cac787cc5	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2108&year=2026	31867534c137e2ce952cbe00241ef2dc4bb0199871e98640dc2a54cd052793f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2108 (2026) — RELATING TO JURISDICTION.

Amends the factors a family court is required to consider in deciding whether the family court may waive jurisdiction over a minor or adult held for criminal proceedings for acts committed during the person's minority. Preserves the family court's jurisdiction over a minor transferred for criminal proceedings for subsequent acts that would otherwise be within the family court's jurisdiction. Requires the family court to retain jurisdiction over a minor if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the minor was trafficked, sexually abused, or raped by the alleged victim in the case before or during the commission of the alleged offense. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB2108 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2108_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB2108_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB2108_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB2108_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on HSH 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
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• FEVELLA — primary (person)
• GABBARD — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• KIDANI — primary (person)
• Kim — cosponsor (person)
• Moriwaki — cosponsor (person)
• San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-26 Act 153, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). became-law
• 2026-06-26 Act 153, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). became-law
• 2026-05-08 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 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; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
• 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 58-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 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. 58-26).
• 2026-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Tarnas, Hartsfield, Olds, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2026-04-28 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) San Buenaventura, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-27 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-26 2:30PM in conference room 329.
• 2026-04-27 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 779). receipt
• 2026-04-27 Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Fevella.
• 2026-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 811). receipt
• 2026-04-22 House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Hartsfield, Olds, Garcia.
• 2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). receipt
• 2026-04-16 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2026-04-16 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 624). introduction, receipt
• 2026-04-14 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-04-10 Deferred one day 04-14-26. deferral
• 2026-04-08 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-10-26.
• 2026-04-08 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1833-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-01 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Takayama, Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Sayama. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-30 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 04-01-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-25 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 Representative(s) Matsumoto, Perruso excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1403-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2026-03-19 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, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Thursday, 03-19-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 171) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-03-06 One Day Notice 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2980) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-02-27 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, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-23 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-27-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-11 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2195) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2026-02-02 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-30 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2026-01-22 Referred to HHS, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
• 2026-01-14 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56ba84d2-7ae1-4858-a4d5-764cac787cc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).