republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-389.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO UNCREWED AIRCRAFT OFFENSES."
description: "Clarifies the applicable felony offenses for using an uncrewed aircraft in the furtherance of the commission of a felony. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 389"
citation: "Hawaii HB 389 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses", "Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package", "Uncrewed Aircraft"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NAKAMURA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb4513c5-1468-4a23-9aa1-092f370d5bab"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=389&year=2026"
source_hash: "80c283cbcbbf92227ecaf2eb00d9a7468ed24bf4a2366e97a67e21d9a62759f6"
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 389 (2026) — RELATING TO UNCREWED AIRCRAFT OFFENSES.

Clarifies the applicable felony offenses for using an uncrewed aircraft in the furtherance of the commission of a felony. (SD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB389** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB389_.HTM)
2. **HB389_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB389_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB389_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB389_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- NAKAMURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-05-19** Act 014, on 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114). `became-law`
- **2026-05-19** Act 014, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114). `became-law`
- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2026-04-24** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). `receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1). `passage`
- **2026-04-23** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2026-04-23** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 814). `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-14-26.
- **2026-04-16** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599). `receipt`
- **2026-04-14** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 518) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2026-04-10** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2026-04-09** One Day Notice 04-10-26.
- **2026-04-09** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3654) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-03-31** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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`
- **2026-03-25** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-31-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-18** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3101) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2026-03-12** The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha, Lee, C.. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-26 3:01PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
- **2026-02-02** Re-Referred to TRS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-08** Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. `carried-over`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to TCA, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 223). `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`
- **2025-02-27** 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) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).
- **2025-02-27** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 824) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-02-19** 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`
- **2025-02-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-21** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb4513c5-1468-4a23-9aa1-092f370d5bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).