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HI SB 2721

enacted

RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did HI SB 2721 pass?

Yes. HI SB 2721 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-26): Act 151, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252).

What is HI SB 2721 about?

Implements recommendations from the 2025 Advisory Committee on Penal Code Review, established pursuant to Act 245, SLH 2024, to amend the Hawaii Penal Code. Effective 9/1/2026. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI SB 2721?

RHOADS, CHANG, INOUYE are the primary sponsors of HI SB 2721.

Description

Implements recommendations from the 2025 Advisory Committee on Penal Code Review, established pursuant to Act 245, SLH 2024, to amend the Hawaii Penal Code. Effective 9/1/2026. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-23
Latest action
2026-06-26 — Act 151, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • RHOADSprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • INOUYEprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-26

    Act 151, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252).

    became-law

  2. 2026-06-26

    Act 151, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-08

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. 2026-05-08

    Enrolled to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Lamosao. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none).

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  6. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Kila, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (8) and none excused (0).

    passage

  7. 2026-05-06

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. 2026-04-29

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 48-26).

  9. 2026-04-29

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  10. 2026-04-29

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 48-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  11. 2026-04-29

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  12. 2026-04-28

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kusch, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 0 Excused: none.

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  13. 2026-04-28

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-04-27

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  15. 2026-04-24

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  16. 2026-04-23

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-26 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.

  17. 2026-04-22

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-26 2:35PM; Conference Room 325.

  18. 2026-04-21

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Chang, Gabbard.

  19. 2026-04-21

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718).

    receipt

  20. 2026-04-20

    House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kusch Co-Chairs; Poepoe, Garcia.

  21. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    receipt

  22. 2026-04-16

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 694).

    introduction,receipt

  23. 2026-04-16

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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  24. 2026-04-16

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  25. 2026-04-14

    Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Kila, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matayoshi, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (9) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  26. 2026-04-10

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2076-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  27. 2026-04-10

    Deferred one day 04-14-26.

    deferral

  28. 2026-04-07

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2026-04-02

    The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26.

    deferral

  30. 2026-04-02

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  31. 2026-03-31

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  32. 2026-03-25

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1409-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  33. 2026-03-25

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Matsumoto, Perruso excused (2).

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  34. 2026-03-17

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  35. 2026-03-12

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  36. 2026-03-12

    Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17

    referral-committee

  37. 2026-03-12

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-17-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  38. 2026-03-10

    Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  39. 2026-03-10

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 287) in amended form (SD 1).

    introduction,receipt

  40. 2026-03-05

    Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2812) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  41. 2026-03-05

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  42. 2026-03-05

    48 Hrs. Notice 3/10/2026.

  43. 2026-02-18

    The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.

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  44. 2026-02-11

    The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 9:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  45. 2026-02-03

    Re-Referred to JDC.

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  46. 2026-02-02

    The committee on PSM deferred the measure.

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  47. 2026-01-30

    The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  48. 2026-01-28

    Referred to PSM, JDC/WAM.

    referral-committee

  49. 2026-01-26

    Passed First Reading.

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  50. 2026-01-23

    Introduced.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-18 · pass · 3-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Awa: no
    • San Buenaventura: not voting

  • Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    2026-03-10 · pass · 22-3

  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-17 · pass · 9-1

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Cochran: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Sayama: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Garcia: no

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-04-07 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Todd: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Morikawa: not voting

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-04-28 · pass · 3-1

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Garcia: no

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-04-28 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Gabbard: yes

  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).

    2026-05-06 · pass · 22-3

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Lamosao: yes

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