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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO CRIMINAL DEFENSE."
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description: "Amends the affirmative defense of extreme mental or emotional disturbance to murder or attempted murder by prohibiting explanations based solely on the defendant's discovery, defendant's knowledge, or the disclosure of the victim's gender, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. Requires the court to instruct the jury to disregard bias and prejudice if a defendant's explanation includes the discovery of a victim's gender, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. (SD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2019 Regular Session"
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identifier: "HB 711"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 711 (2019 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Affirmative Defense", "Gender", "Sexual Orientation", "Prohibition"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. LEE", "JOHANSON", "KITAGAWA", "MCKELVEY", "MIZUNO", "NAKAMURA", "Nakashima", "San Buenaventura", "Yamashita"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-18"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8396722f-bda9-4ca9-9c89-41e217a1408b"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=711&year=2019"
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source_hash: "0c9f63e98ad92aa3dcb9defc94f8dd72c448848d62ad9a56b6eee3ac5754bfa2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii HB 711 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CRIMINAL DEFENSE.
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Amends the affirmative defense of extreme mental or emotional disturbance to murder or attempted murder by prohibiting explanations based solely on the defendant's discovery, defendant's knowledge, or the disclosure of the victim's gender, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. Requires the court to instruct the jury to disregard bias and prejudice if a defendant's explanation includes the discovery of a victim's gender, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. (SD1)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB711** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB711_.HTM)
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2. **HB711_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB711_HD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- C. LEE — primary (person)
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- JOHANSON — primary (person)
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- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
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- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
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- MIZUNO — primary (person)
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- NAKAMURA — primary (person)
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- Nakashima — primary (person)
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- San Buenaventura — primary (person)
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- Yamashita — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-18** Pending introduction.
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- **2019-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 5 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-01** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-05-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
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- **2019-02-05** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-06-19.
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- **2019-02-05** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-06-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
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- **2019-02-06** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, McKelvey, Morikawa, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 955) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2019-02-28** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1).
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- **2019-03-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott, Ward voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 401). `introduction`
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- **2019-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-07** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-11** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
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- **2019-03-14** 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) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1786) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2019-04-03** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
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- **2019-04-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-19.
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- **2019-04-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2019-04-05** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 677) in amended form (SD 1).
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- **2019-04-09** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
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- **2019-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 719).
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- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee Chair; Morikawa, Thielen.
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- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
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- **2019-04-23** House Conferee(s) discharged.
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- **2019-04-24** Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 857).
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- **2019-04-24** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-09-19.
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- **2019-04-25** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 861).
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- **2019-04-25** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
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- **2019-04-25** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cachola, Thielen excused (2).
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- **2019-04-26** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 871).
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- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2019-07-01** Act 149, on 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** Act 149, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8396722f-bda9-4ca9-9c89-41e217a1408b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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