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Hawaii 2026

HB 1705

RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Child Custody Evaluators, Family Court, Judiciary, Licensed Mental Health Counselors
Introduced / first action
2026-01-20 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Allows licensed mental health counselors to be appointed as child custody evaluators. (SD2)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 231, 07/10/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1333).

    became-law

  2. Act 231, on 07/10/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1333).

    became-law

  3. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823).

    receipt

  4. Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 815).

    receipt

  5. House agrees to Senate amendment(s).

  6. Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1).

    passage

  7. Transmitted to Governor.

  8. Reconsideration of action taken on 04-16-26.

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

    receipt

  10. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  11. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  12. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 606) in amended form (SD 2).

  13. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3763) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  14. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  15. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:30AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.

  17. Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3129) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  19. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-26 1:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  21. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 149).

    introduction, receipt

  22. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  23. Referred to HHS, JDC.

    referral-committee

  24. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 989-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  25. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

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

    committee-passage-favorable

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

  28. Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 310-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  29. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lee, M., Poepoe excused (3).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  30. The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-03-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  32. Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  33. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  34. Prefiled.

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