republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2024/hb-2657.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ABUSIVE LITIGATION."
description: "Establishes judicial procedures to prevent and remedy abusive litigation. Takes effect 1/1/2025. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2657"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2657 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abusive Litigation", "Domestic Violence", "Judicial Procedures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf854bf-37cc-431d-b6c0-649cd724ead6"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2657&year=2024"
source_hash: "6cabf5a9dbb8ba3af87a12b5ba79754e57594b1fd7b6eb9f6b92e0b30bcf6fb7"
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 2657 (2024) — RELATING TO ABUSIVE LITIGATION.

Establishes judicial procedures to prevent and remedy abusive litigation. Takes effect 1/1/2025. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2657** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2657_.HTM)
2. **HB2657_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2657_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2657_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2657_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-09** Act 252, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1357). `became-law`
- **2024-07-09** Act 252, on 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1357). `became-law`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2024-04-22** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782). `receipt`
- **2024-04-19** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ganaden, Souza voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia excused (2). `passage`
- **2024-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2024-04-19** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 770). `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 691). `receipt`
- **2024-04-09** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-05** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 488) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2024-04-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Fevella, Gabbard, Kidani). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-24.
- **2024-04-03** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3475) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-03-21** 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) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 03-21-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016. `deferral`
- **2024-03-11** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-24 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 166). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Souza voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Quinlan, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 858-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-02-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Aiu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-27-24 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-02-16** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Souza voting no (1) and Representative(s) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 555-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2024-02-13** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Souza; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takayama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-13-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-26** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bf854bf-37cc-431d-b6c0-649cd724ead6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).