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Hawaii 2026

HB 963

RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST ELDERS.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Assault in the First and Second Degrees, Attendant Circumstances, Elders, Strict Liability
Introduced / first action
2025-01-21 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Establishes strict liability for crimes against elders with respect to the attendant circumstance that the victim was seventy years of age or older. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD2)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; McKelvey.

  2. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 738).

    receipt

  3. House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Olds, Takenouchi, Garcia.

  4. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799).

    receipt

  5. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  6. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  7. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Keohokalole. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  8. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 570) in amended form (SD 2).

  9. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3762) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  10. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  11. 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

  12. The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-31-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  13. Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2166) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  14. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  15. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey, Keohokalole, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-26 1:30PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  17. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  18. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 308).

    introduction, receipt

  19. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  20. Referred to HHS, JDC.

    referral-committee

  21. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  22. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1053) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  23. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.

  24. 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

  25. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  26. Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 522) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  27. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  28. 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, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. Bill re-scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-11-25 9:45AM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  30. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  31. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  32. Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 3

    referral-committee

  33. Pending introduction.

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