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| Bill | RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. | Implements recommendations from the 2025 Advisory Committee on Penal Code Review, established pursuant to Act 245, SLH 2024, to amend the Hawaii Penal Code. Effective 9/1/2026. (CD1) | us/states/hi | Hawaii Legislature | 2026 | SB 2721 | Hawaii SB 2721 (2026) |
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Hawaii SB 2721 (2026) — RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
Implements recommendations from the 2025 Advisory Committee on Penal Code Review, established pursuant to Act 245, SLH 2024, to amend the Hawaii Penal Code. Effective 9/1/2026. (CD1)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- SB2721 (committee substitute) — source
- SB2721_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB2721_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB2721_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 22–3 (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- 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. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 22–3 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- CHANG — primary (person)
- INOUYE — primary (person)
- RHOADS — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-06-26 Act 151, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252).
became-law - 2026-06-26 Act 151, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252).
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 Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Kila, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (8) and none excused (0).
passage - 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Lamosao. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (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. 48-26) 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. 48-26).
- 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) Rhoads, Chang, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kusch, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 0 Excused: none.
- 2026-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- 2026-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- 2026-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-26 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.
- 2026-04-22 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-26 2:35PM; Conference Room 325.
- 2026-04-21 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718).
receipt - 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Chang, Gabbard.
- 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).
receipt - 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kusch Co-Chairs; Poepoe, 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. 694).
introduction, receipt - 2026-04-14 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Kila, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matayoshi, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (9) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
passage - 2026-04-10 Deferred one day 04-14-26.
deferral - 2026-04-10 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2076-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- 2026-04-07 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-02 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2026-04-02 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26.
deferral - 2026-03-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2026-03-25 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Matsumoto, Perruso excused (2).
reading-2, referral-committee - 2026-03-25 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1409-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- 2026-03-17 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-12 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-17-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2026-03-12 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 Pass First Reading
reading-1 - 2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 287) in amended form (SD 1).
introduction, receipt - 2026-03-10 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 - 2026-03-05 48 Hrs. Notice 3/10/2026.
- 2026-03-05 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
reading-2, referral-committee - 2026-03-05 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2812) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- 2026-02-18 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-11 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 9:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- 2026-02-03 Re-Referred to JDC.
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 The committee on PSM deferred the measure.
deferral - 2026-01-30 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- 2026-01-28 Referred to PSM, JDC/WAM.
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Passed First Reading.
reading-1 - 2026-01-23 Introduced.
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/592d7b9e-b278-4ecf-bfcb-85a3f2de515b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).