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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS."
description: "Establishes the Clean Slate Expungement Task Force to develop a state-initiated record clearing program. Requires the Task Force to submit reports to the Legislature. (HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2706"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2706 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clean Slate Expungement Task Force", "Conviction", "Criminal Records", "Reports", "State-Initiated Expungement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LEE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eacfa54-e3b0-4ffe-b1a5-448f6c921848"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2706&year=2024"
source_hash: "0f040964b97782e3f2a4734c8bb4aef5ada36aa3ac19de99ebf8a661ce853c0a"
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 2706 (2024) — RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS.
Establishes the Clean Slate Expungement Task Force to develop a state-initiated record clearing program. Requires the Task Force to submit reports to the Legislature. (HD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB2706** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2706_.HTM)
2. **SB2706_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2706_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2706_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2706_SD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **30** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- LEE — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-07-09** Act 241, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346). `became-law`
- **2024-07-09** Act 241, on 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346). `became-law`
- **2024-04-22** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee. `passage`
- **2024-04-19** One Day Notice 04-22-24.
- **2024-04-19** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-22-24.
- **2024-04-19** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-09-24 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
- **2024-04-19** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 775). `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Ganaden, Takayama, Souza.
- **2024-04-09** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 670). `receipt`
- **2024-04-09** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 675). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick, Ward voting no (3) and Representative(s) Souza excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Kong, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Saiki, Todd, Woodson excused (3).
- **2024-04-03** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1634-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-03-28** 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, Holt, Ilagan, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-28-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-11** Re-referred to JHA, referral sheet 20 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 180) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-24.
- **2024-03-01** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2841) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-02-27** 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`
- **2024-02-13** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 02-27-24 9:30AM; Conference Room 016. `deferral`
- **2024-02-08** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0eacfa54-e3b0-4ffe-b1a5-448f6c921848`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).