republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/sb-3073.md

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Bill	RELATING TO THE RETENTION OF BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.	Specifies the types of cases in which evidence must be retained post-conviction and the process by which evidence may be disposed of earlier than the standard period of retention, which includes a procedure for defendants to oppose the disposal of biological evidence by filing an objection with the court. Authorizes the court, upon motion of a defendant or prosecutor or on the court's own motion, to order the retention of biological evidence in any felony case for a certain period under certain circumstances. Effective 9/1/2026. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	SB 3073	Hawaii SB 3073 (2026)	bill	Biological Evidence Forensic Identification Retention	enacted	KOUCHI	4	41	6	2026-01-26	2026-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/8a4461ee-66f3-4271-835e-509852b2c566	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3073&year=2026	e48a640bf77f07cb3c82d79f1e864601f6a9dde3b56c6d1c283f97f9fa80f1d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 3073 (2026) — RELATING TO THE RETENTION OF BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.

Specifies the types of cases in which evidence must be retained post-conviction and the process by which evidence may be disposed of earlier than the standard period of retention, which includes a procedure for defendants to oppose the disposal of biological evidence by filing an objection with the court. Authorizes the court, upon motion of a defendant or prosecutor or on the court's own motion, to order the retention of biological evidence in any felony case for a certain period under certain circumstances. Effective 9/1/2026. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB3073 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB3073_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB3073_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB3073_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-26 Act 150, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). became-law
• 2026-06-26 Act 150, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). became-law
• 2026-05-07 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 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-05-05 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814). receipt
• 2026-05-01 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). passage
• 2026-05-01 Deferred one day 05-06-26. deferral
• 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 14-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-04-29 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 14-26).
• 2026-04-23 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Belatti, Poepoe, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2026-04-23 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, Gabbard, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-22 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-26 2:35PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2026-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 720). receipt
• 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Awa.
• 2026-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 800). receipt
• 2026-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Belatti, Poepoe, Shimizu.
• 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. 738). introduction, receipt
• 2026-04-14 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-04-09 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).
• 2026-04-09 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1978-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2026-03-19 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Sayama. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-19-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 356) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-03-06 48 Hrs. Notice 3-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2889) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2026-02-24 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, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-13 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-24-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-10 Re-Referred to JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 Referred to PSM, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-01-28 Introduced. introduction
• 2026-01-26 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a4461ee-66f3-4271-835e-509852b2c566. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).