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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP SERVICES."
description: "Establishes a two-year pilot program in the Probate Court and Family Court of the First Circuit to fund certain guardianship- and conservatorshiprelated court resources in situations where the respondent does not have sufficient funds to pay for one or more of the resources and the court has deemed the resource or resources beneficial. Requires the Judiciary to submit reports to the Governor and Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 648"
citation: "Hawaii HB 648 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations ($)", "Conservatorship", "Guardianship", "Judiciary", "Pilot Program", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHUN", "GRANDINETTI", "KAPELA", "LAMOSAO", "MARTEN", "PERRUSO", "SOUZA", "TAKAYAMA", "TARNAS", "TODD"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c02ef126-de8a-4bcb-a977-dcfa995e383c"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=648&year=2025"
source_hash: "7e6e837d3a204a1dc1b06256b420a644061a122f1032c0dc15a4d5195e74d391"
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 648 (2025) — RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP SERVICES.
Establishes a two-year pilot program in the Probate Court and Family Court of the First Circuit to fund certain guardianship- and conservatorshiprelated court resources in situations where the respondent does not have sufficient funds to pay for one or more of the resources and the court has deemed the resource or resources beneficial. Requires the Judiciary to submit reports to the Governor and Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB648** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB648_.HTM)
2. **HB648_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB648_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB648_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB648_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB648_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB648_SD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **130** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **20** (pass) · upper
- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **250** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **50** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **100** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **50** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **130** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- CHUN — primary (person)
- GRANDINETTI — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-06-25** Act 208, on 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). `became-law`
- **2025-06-25** Act 208, 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). `became-law`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 57).
- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 57) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-22** 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) Rhoads, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kitagawa, Belatti, Marten, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-21** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 2:05PM in conference room 325.
- **2025-04-17** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-21-25 2:05PM in conference room 325.
- **2025-04-16** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-17-25 3:46PM in conference room 325.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788). `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Elefante Co-Chair; Awa.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Belatti, Marten, Shimizu.
- **2025-04-08** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 559). `receipt`
- **2025-04-04** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-03** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 549) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2025-04-03** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-02** One Day Notice 04-03-25.
- **2025-04-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1519) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-03-31** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-31-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-20** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1194) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2025-03-14** 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, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 03-14-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. `deferral`
- **2025-03-07** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to JDC, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 264). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1140), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-02-25** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Kusch, Reyes Oda, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-02-14** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 689) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2025-02-12** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-21** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Pending introduction.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c02ef126-de8a-4bcb-a977-dcfa995e383c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).