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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO PROMOTING PORNOGRAPHY FOR MINORS."
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description: "Amends the offense of promoting pornography for minors by allowing the prosecution of persons who provide pornographic materials to undercover law enforcement officers who represent themselves as minors for purposes of undercover operations. (CD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 3037"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 3037 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Offenses Against Public Health and Morals", "Penal Code", "Promoting Pornography for Minors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-01-24"
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last_action: "2024-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57202f62-42b9-459b-b592-03fce12fae7f"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3037&year=2024"
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source_hash: "a831b88a9895c4b9539b920ea2c7a3a781b0b938807f6c9dfee880922b1748bd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 3037 (2024) — RELATING TO PROMOTING PORNOGRAPHY FOR MINORS.
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Amends the offense of promoting pornography for minors by allowing the prosecution of persons who provide pornographic materials to undercover law enforcement officers who represent themselves as minors for purposes of undercover operations. (CD1)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB3037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3037_.HTM)
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2. **SB3037_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3037_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB3037_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3037_HD1_.HTM)
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4. **SB3037_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3037_SD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- KOUCHI — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-07-09** Act 244, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1349). `became-law`
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- **2024-07-09** Act 244, on 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1349). `became-law`
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- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
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- **2024-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
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- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
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- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
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- **2024-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
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- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 11-24) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2024-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
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- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 11-24).
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- **2024-04-19** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Ganaden, Kong, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
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- **2024-04-19** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-18** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 2:16PM; Conference Room 325.
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- **2024-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Elefante Chair; Gabbard, Awa.
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- **2024-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 737). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Ganaden, Kong, Takayama, Souza.
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- **2024-04-02** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 355). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-02** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-04-02** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 510). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2024-04-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Gates, Quinlan excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden, Gates, Kapela, La Chica, Nakashima, Nishimoto, Quinlan, Sayama, Tam excused (9).
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- **2024-03-27** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1464-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2024-03-13** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-13-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2024-03-07** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 252) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-24.
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- **2024-02-29** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-29** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2763) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2024-02-15** 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`
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- **2024-02-09** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-15-24 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2024-01-26** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57202f62-42b9-459b-b592-03fce12fae7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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