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Hawaii 2026

HB 1628

RELATING TO COMPASSIONATE RELEASE.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Appropriation ($), Compassionate Release, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Hawaii Paroling Authority, Reports
Introduced / first action
2026-01-20 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Establishes a protocol for compassionate release for certain ill or seriously debilitated incarcerated persons. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 3:30 PM; Conference Room 016.

  2. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 4:30 PM; Conference Room 016.

  3. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:10 PM; Conference Room 016.

  4. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:40 PM; Conference Room 016.

  5. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:51 PM; Conference Room 016.

  6. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 1:45PM; Conference Room 016.

  7. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 3:00PM; CR 016.

  8. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-29-26 3:00PM in conference room 016.

  9. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 760).

    receipt

  10. Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; Rhoads, DeCoite Co-Chairs; Inouye.

  11. Re-referred to PBS, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30

    referral-committee

  12. House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Tarnas, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Iwamoto, Templo, Shimizu.

  13. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  14. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  15. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  16. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Elefante, Richards, Wakai . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  17. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 593) in amended form (SD 1).

  18. Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3801) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  19. One Day Notice 04-14-26.

  20. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 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

  22. The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-08-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  23. Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3288) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.

  24. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  25. The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, Inouye.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  27. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 252).

    introduction, receipt

  28. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  29. Referred to PSM, JDC/WAM.

    referral-committee

  30. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Kila, Kitagawa, Olds, Sayama voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Matayoshi, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  31. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1142-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  32. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  33. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  35. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 600-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  36. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  37. The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  38. Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-11-26 11:30AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  39. The committee(s) on PBS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-11-26, 11:30AM.

    deferral

  40. Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  41. Referred to PBS, JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  42. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  43. Prefiled.

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