republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/sb-2612.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO SPORTS OFFICIALS."
description: "Allows a court to enjoin a defendant convicted of committing certain assault or terroristic threatening offenses against a sports official from attending any sports event of the type at which the sports official was engaged in the lawful discharge of the sports official's duties. (HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2612"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2612 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sports Officials", "Assault", "Terroristic Threatening"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DELA CRUZ"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d5517be-ab15-49b3-953b-e190ea61c3e0"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2612&year=2020"
source_hash: "999038a220024c44a5bf5c3e8ff39b879bb6465162692f7ecc942b3599760e90"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 2612 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO SPORTS OFFICIALS.

Allows a court to enjoin a defendant convicted of committing certain assault or terroristic threatening offenses against a sports official from attending any sports event of the type at which the sports official was engaged in the lawful discharge of the sports official's duties. (HD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2612** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2612_.HTM)
2. **SB2612_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2612_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2612_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2612_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DELA CRUZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-25-20 10:01AM in conference room 016.
- **2020-02-25** 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) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Kim. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3098) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2020-02-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2020-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-03-20.
- **2020-03-03** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 293) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Referred to JUD , referral sheet 36 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 03-11-20 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2020-03-11** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until Thursday, 03-12-20 at 2:30 PM.
- **2020-03-11** Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 03-12-20 2:30PM in conference room 325.
- **2020-03-12** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakashima, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-01** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1253-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2020-07-01** 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 none excused (0).
- **2020-07-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, Nakamura excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2020-07-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 403). `introduction`
- **2020-07-08** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 07-10-20.
- **2020-07-08** One Day Notice 07-10-20.
- **2020-07-10** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2020-07-10** Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 632).
- **2020-07-13** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-09-15** Act 058, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163). `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-15** Act 058, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d5517be-ab15-49b3-953b-e190ea61c3e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).