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HI HB 711

died on adjournment

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Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 711 pass?

No. HI HB 711 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 711 about?

Requires defendants convicted of causing the death of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle in a negligent manner while under the influence of drugs or alcohol to make restitution in the form of financial support to each surviving child of the victim.

Who sponsors HI HB 711?

TAM, TARNAS, TAKAYAMA and 10 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 711.

Description

Requires defendants convicted of causing the death of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle in a negligent manner while under the influence of drugs or alcohol to make restitution in the form of financial support to each surviving child of the victim.

Introduced
2025-01-21
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • TAMprimary
  • TARNASprimary
  • TAKAYAMAprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • GARCIAprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KAPELAprimary
  • LAMOSAOprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MATAYOSHIprimary
  • MATSUMOTOprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • PIERICKprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-13

    The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

    deferral

  3. 2025-02-10

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-13-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. 2025-01-21

    Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  6. 2025-01-17

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=711&year=2026

Attribution

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

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