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HI HB 127

died on adjournment

RELATING TO PRETRIAL RELEASE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 127 pass?

No. HI HB 127 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

What is HI HB 127 about?

Requires bail to be set in an amount that the defendant can afford based on certain factors. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 127?

TARNAS, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI and 6 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 127.

Description

Requires bail to be set in an amount that the defendant can afford based on certain factors. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Introduced
2025-01-16
Latest action
2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • TARNASprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • TAKAYAMAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  2. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  5. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  6. 2025-04-24

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 325.

  7. 2025-04-23

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 805).

    receipt

  8. 2025-04-23

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  9. 2025-04-22

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Chang, San Buenaventura.

  10. 2025-04-22

    House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Poepoe, Garcia.

  11. 2025-04-22

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862).

    receipt

  12. 2025-03-31

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 422).

    receipt

  13. 2025-03-28

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  14. 2025-03-27

    Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, McKelvey, Moriwaki . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) DeCoite, Lee, C., Richards). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  15. 2025-03-27

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 404) in amended form (SD 1).

  16. 2025-03-25

    Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1365) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  17. 2025-03-25

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  18. 2025-03-25

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-27-25.

  19. 2025-03-13

    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, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-03-10

    Re-Referred to JDC.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-03-07

    The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  22. 2025-03-06

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 190).

    introduction,receipt

  23. 2025-03-06

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  24. 2025-03-06

    Referred to JDC, WAM.

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-03-04

    Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kila, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (7) and Representative(s) Kapela, Pierick, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  26. 2025-02-27

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 819) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  27. 2025-02-27

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Alcos, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).

  28. 2025-02-07

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-02-04

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-07-25 2:05PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  30. 2025-01-21

    Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-01-16

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-01-14

    Prefiled.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-07 · pass · 7-2

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Garcia: no
    • Shimizu: no
    • Belatti: not voting
    • Cochran: not voting
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-13 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Awa: no
  • Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    2025-03-27 · pass · 19-3

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Elefante: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Senator(s: not voting

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