republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2024/hb-1595.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT."
description: "Creates a pilot project, to be administered by the Department of the Attorney General, for a state-initiated expungement process of arrest records concerning certain marijuana offenses under section 712-1249, HRS. Requires the Hawai?i Criminal Justice Data Center to submit reports to the Legislature. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1595"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1595 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AG", "Expungement", "Hawaiʻi Criminal Justice Data Center", "Marijuana", "Pilot Project", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "COCHRAN", "EVSLIN", "GANADEN", "GARRETT", "HUSSEY-BURDICK", "KAPELA", "LOWEN", "MARTEN", "MIYAKE", "NAKASHIMA", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE", "TAKAYAMA", "TARNAS", "TODD"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/888bbe7e-31f4-4e47-9c83-08b17aa0fa2c"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1595&year=2024"
source_hash: "4bffc3270bd7e69dabd350569ecdfc17401a532b1c0af70b59b9f817d61718ff"
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 1595 (2024) — RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT.

Creates a pilot project, to be administered by the Department of the Attorney General, for a state-initiated expungement process of arrest records concerning certain marijuana offenses under section 712-1249, HRS. Requires the Hawai?i Criminal Justice Data Center to submit reports to the Legislature. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1595** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1595_.HTM)
2. **HB1595_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1595_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1595_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1595_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- COCHRAN — primary (person)
- EVSLIN — primary (person)
- GANADEN — primary (person)
- GARRETT — primary (person)
- HUSSEY-BURDICK — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-24** Act 062, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163). `became-law`
- **2024-06-24** Act 062, on 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163). `became-law`
- **2024-04-18** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2024-04-19** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772). `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aiu, Alcos, Kila, Kitagawa, Kong, Lamosao, Matsumoto, Pierick, Ward voting no (9) and Representative(s) Garcia excused (1). `passage`
- **2024-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2024-04-18** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 763). `receipt`
- **2024-04-17** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
- **2024-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 500) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2024-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella, McKelvey. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-05** One Day Notice 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3769) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-04-05** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kim, Lee, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-05-24 10:20AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
- **2024-04-04** Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.
- **2024-03-15** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3103) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2024-03-12** 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`
- **2024-03-08** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-24 10:00AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to JDC, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 188). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Chun voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aiu, Alcos, Garcia, Kila, Kitagawa, Kong, La Chica, Lamosao, Matayoshi, Matsumoto, Nishimoto, Onishi, Pierick, Ward voting no (14) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Kong voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kila, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Matayoshi, Matsumoto, Onishi, Ward voting no (9) and Representative(s) Aiu, Cochran, Garrett, Holt, Kahaloa, Lowen, Nishimoto, Quinlan, Todd excused (9).
- **2024-02-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 655-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-02-06** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-06-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Prefiled.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/888bbe7e-31f4-4e47-9c83-08b17aa0fa2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).