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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO SENTENCING OF MINOR DEFENDANTS."
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description: "Requires courts to consider certain factors when sentencing a person convicted as an adult for an offense that the person committed when the person was a minor. Allows courts to reduce a mandatory minimum period of incarceration or depart from a mandatory sentencing enhancement if the court determines that the reduction or departure is warranted given certain factors. (HD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 544"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 544 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Law", "Minor Defendants", "Sentencing"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "GABBARD", "KIDANI", "RHOADS", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f15008b-1ad4-43d3-ae95-8d99162a9c37"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=544&year=2025"
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source_hash: "5027bfd7e0066c20513e50913c6e1a3831034ed2e46f1c97d96fbc94436ad133"
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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 544 (2025) — RELATING TO SENTENCING OF MINOR DEFENDANTS.
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Requires courts to consider certain factors when sentencing a person convicted as an adult for an offense that the person committed when the person was a minor. Allows courts to reduce a mandatory minimum period of incarceration or depart from a mandatory sentencing enhancement if the court determines that the reduction or departure is warranted given certain factors. (HD1)
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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. **SB544** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB544_.HTM)
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2. **SB544_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB544_HD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Passed Final Reading. — **23–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider: Passed Third Reading. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- CHANG — primary (person)
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- GABBARD — primary (person)
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- KIDANI — primary (person)
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- RHOADS — primary (person)
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- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-29** Act 122, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). `became-law`
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- **2025-05-29** Act 122, 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). `became-law`
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- **2025-04-16** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 806). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Ihara). `passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-15** One Day Notice 04-16-25
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- **2025-04-15** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-16-25.
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- **2025-04-15** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-03-25 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
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- **2025-04-03** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 481). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-03** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 437). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-04-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-03-31** 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) Cochran, Hussey, Lowen, Ward excused (4).
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- **2025-03-31** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1723) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2025-03-14** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-14-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-03-07** Re-referred to JHA, referral sheet 20 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 166). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2025-02-28** One Day Notice 03-04-25.
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- **2025-02-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 879) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2025-02-07** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-01-31** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 9:25AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-01-31** Re-Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-17** 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/1f15008b-1ad4-43d3-ae95-8d99162a9c37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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