HI HB 389
enactedRELATING TO UNCREWED AIRCRAFT OFFENSES.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Clarifies the applicable felony offenses for using an uncrewed aircraft in the furtherance of the commission of a felony. (SD1)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-17
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-05-19 — Act 014, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114).
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- NAKAMURAprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
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).
became-law,receipt
2026-04-22
Reconsideration of action taken on 04-14-26.
became-law
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.
passage,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.
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Votes
Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-19 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Tarnas: yes
- Poepoe: yes
- Belatti: yes
- Hashem: yes
- Kahaloa: yes
- Perruso: yes
- Takayama: yes
- Todd: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Shimizu: yes
- Cochran: not voting
The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-03-12 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Inouye: yes
- Elefante: yes
- DeCorte: yes
- Kanuha: not voting
- Lee: not voting
- C.: not voting
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2026-03-31 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Rhoads: yes
- Gabbard: yes
- Chang: yes
- San Buenaventura: yes
- Awa: yes
Reconsider: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading.
2026-04-10 · pass · 25-0
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 282
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