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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS."
description: "Increases the penalties imposed on individuals convicted for violations of temporary restraining orders and orders for protection. Clarifies that the court shall not sentence a defendant to pay a fine for violating a domestic abuse protective order if the court makes an on-the-record determination that the defendant is or will be unable to pay the fine. Specifies that any conviction for violation of a temporary restraining order issued under the same judicial case number as an order for protection shall be treated as a prior violation of an order for protection. Clarifies when the court may suspend certain jail sentences for violations of domestic abuse protective orders. (HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 295"
citation: "Hawaii SB 295 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Abuse Protective Orders", "Order for Protection", "Penalties", "Temporary Restraining Order"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "FEVELLA", "FUKUNAGA", "SAN BUENAVENTURA", "WAKAI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a17f4a5a-d612-47de-9241-be0129f4b49e"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=295&year=2025"
source_hash: "d629b8bfc7a9ed4db65feefa652e3102a2847b5cbe4c8251d9baa1d74c53f720"
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 295 (2025) — RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
Increases the penalties imposed on individuals convicted for violations of temporary restraining orders and orders for protection. Clarifies that the court shall not sentence a defendant to pay a fine for violating a domestic abuse protective order if the court makes an on-the-record determination that the defendant is or will be unable to pay the fine. Specifies that any conviction for violation of a temporary restraining order issued under the same judicial case number as an order for protection shall be treated as a prior violation of an order for protection. Clarifies when the court may suspend certain jail sentences for violations of domestic abuse protective orders. (HD2)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB295** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB295_.HTM)
2. **SB295_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB295_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB295_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB295_HD2_.HTM)
4. **SB295_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB295_SD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **232** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **90** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **40** (pass) · upper
- Passed Final Reading. — **230** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- CHANG — primary (person)
- FEVELLA — primary (person)
- FUKUNAGA — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- WAKAI — primary (person)
- DeCoite — cosponsor (person)
- Hashimoto — cosponsor (person)
- Kidani — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-29** Act 121, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). `became-law`
- **2025-05-29** Act 121, 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). `became-law`
- **2025-04-16** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 806). `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Ihara). `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** One Day Notice 04-16-25
- **2025-04-15** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-16-25.
- **2025-04-15** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-03-25 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
- **2025-04-03** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 481). `receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 434). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-04-02** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-02-25.
- **2025-03-31** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1730) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-03-20** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-13** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Ward, Woodson excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1210) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2025-03-11** The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 03-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 123) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
- **2025-02-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 878) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-02-20** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-20-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-01-29** Re-Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Referred to JDC, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Pending Introduction.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a17f4a5a-d612-47de-9241-be0129f4b49e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).