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HI HB 1397

died on adjournment

RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 1397 pass?

No. HI HB 1397 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 (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI HB 1397 about?

Prohibits the State and counties from adopting or ordaining any rules, regulations, or ordinances that infringe upon a parent's right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child, except in certain narrowly tailored circumstances.

Who sponsors HI HB 1397?

SHIMIZU, WARD, PIERICK and 2 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1397.

Description

Prohibits the State and counties from adopting or ordaining any rules, regulations, or ordinances that infringe upon a parent's right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child, except in certain narrowly tailored circumstances.

Introduced
2025-01-23
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • SHIMIZUprimary
  • WARDprimary
  • PIERICKprimary
  • ALCOSprimary
  • GARCIAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-01-27

    Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 4

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-23

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1397&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

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