HI SB 265
passed one chamberRELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR COURT-APPOINTED REPRESENTATION.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Description
Increases the rate of compensation and maximum allowable amounts per case for court-appointed counsel and guardians ad litem in family court proceedings.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-15
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- KOUCHIprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-02-04
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-04
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 25) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
2025-01-28
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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
2025-01-22
The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2025-01-21
Referred to JDC, WAM.
referral-committee
2025-01-15
Introduced and passed First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-14
Pending Introduction.
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Votes
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-01-28 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Rhoads: yes
- Gabbard: yes
- Chang: yes
- San Buenaventura: yes
- Awa: no
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 398not in this corpus
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