republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/sb-2638.md

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Bill	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.	Part I: Establishes a petty misdemeanor offense of abuse of family or household members. Clarifies the penalties for violations. Allows a deferred acceptance of guilty plea for misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor abuse of family or household members offenses. Establishes a probationary period for abuse of family or household members. Part II: Makes consistent the types of documents accepted as proof of domestic or sexual violence victim status. Part III: Requires the judiciary to submit annual reports on the number and outcome of abuse cases. Part I sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 1/1/2021. (HD3)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	SB 2638	Hawaii SB 2638 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Abuse of Family or Household Member Petty Misdemeanor Penalties Pilot Program Domestic Violence Sexual Violence Victims Proof of Status	enacted	Baker K. RHOADS Kidani Moriwaki	6	40	5	2020-01-17	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/1f6afd9b-96fe-4526-906f-e157efea06e8	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2638&year=2020	41afba28016b50506376cea58c9b2030d536d381c6fd039e6e9b18266bd21b0d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2638 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Part I: Establishes a petty misdemeanor offense of abuse of family or household members. Clarifies the penalties for violations. Allows a deferred acceptance of guilty plea for misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor abuse of family or household members offenses. Establishes a probationary period for abuse of family or household members. Part II: Makes consistent the types of documents accepted as proof of domestic or sexual violence victim status. Part III: Requires the judiciary to submit annual reports on the number and outcome of abuse cases. Part I sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 1/1/2021. (HD3)

Version chain

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

1. SB2638 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2638_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB2638_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB2638_HD3 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB2638_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB2638_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Baker — primary (person)
• K. RHOADS — primary (person)
• Kidani — primary (person)
• Moriwaki — 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 PSM, JDC. referral-committee
• 2020-01-28 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-20 1:15PM in conference room 414.
• 2020-01-31 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Harimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Baker. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-04 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2331) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2020-02-04 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
• 2020-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-24-20 12:00PM in conference room 016.
• 2020-02-24 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) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3262) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2020-02-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-03-20.
• 2020-03-03 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). 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. 311) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
• 2020-03-05 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2020-03-09 Referred to HSH, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 36 referral-committee
• 2020-03-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Wednesday, 03-11-20 10:00AM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-03-11 The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, Belatti, B. Kobayashi, Mizuno, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Ward; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-13 Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1048-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2020-03-13 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Gates, McDermott, Thielen excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-03-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 03-17-20 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-03-16 This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Tuesday 03-17-20 2:05PM in conference room 325.
• 2020-06-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 06-24-20 3:05PM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-06-24 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, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakashima, Perruso, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Say; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Brower, Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-25 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1227-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• 2020-06-25 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Matayoshi excused (2).
• 2020-06-26 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 06-29-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-06-29 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-02 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1278-20) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-07-02 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Monday, 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-06 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ward voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-07-06 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 404). 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
• 2020-08-31 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1119)
• 2020-08-31 Notice of Intent to veto dated 08-31-20 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119)
• 2020-09-15 Act 019, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 019, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f6afd9b-96fe-4526-906f-e157efea06e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).