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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 804-51, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES."
description: "Allows notice of a bond or recognizance forfeiture to be sent to either the surety (bond company) or surety insurer (insurance company), by certified mail, to start the thirty-day forfeiture countdown for the surety or surety insurer to locate and surrender a principal (criminal defendant) or file a motion or application to set aside the bond or recognizance forfeiture. Provides the State with an avenue to appeal when the court grants a motion or application to set aside a bail bond forfeiture. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 980"
citation: "Hawaii HB 980 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond or Recognizance", "Forfeiture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbca3661-727d-4466-ad6f-4cd46e64140f"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=980&year=2023"
source_hash: "b9103c25833051f7b5910113e69c9e335c333f702e43d0f2aa0e1b0d8c0be608"
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 HB 980 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 804-51, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
Allows notice of a bond or recognizance forfeiture to be sent to either the surety (bond company) or surety insurer (insurance company), by certified mail, to start the thirty-day forfeiture countdown for the surety or surety insurer to locate and surrender a principal (criminal defendant) or file a motion or application to set aside the bond or recognizance forfeiture. Provides the State with an avenue to appeal when the court grants a motion or application to set aside a bail bond forfeiture. (SD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB980** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB980_.HTM)
2. **HB980_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB980_SD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **50** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **90** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- SAIKI — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-30** Act 154, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). `became-law`
- **2023-06-30** Act 154, on 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). `became-law`
- **2023-04-28** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-04-28** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 890). `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden excused (1). `passage`
- **2023-04-27** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2023-04-27** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 871). `receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Reconsideration of action taken on 03-31-23.
- **2023-04-21** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 943). `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Awa.
- **2023-04-03** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 512). `receipt`
- **2023-03-31** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-30** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 523) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2023-03-30** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Richards). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-30-23.
- **2023-03-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1425) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-03-17** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 03-17-23 10:30AM; Conference Room 016. `deferral`
- **2023-03-10** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 189). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2023-03-02** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 797), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-02-17** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-17-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Pending introduction.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbca3661-727d-4466-ad6f-4cd46e64140f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).