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HB 491 Hawaii House · 2019 Regular Session

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Summary
Amends the offense of abuse of family or household members to provide for misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor penalties. Allows a deferred acceptance of guilty or no contest plea in cases involving misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor abuse penalties. Requires the Judiciary to submit annual reports to the Legislature on the number and outcome of abuse of family or household members cases. (HB491 HD2)
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2019 Last action Feb 15, 2019
Floor votes · House Feb 4, 2019

How they voted

47–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 51
Feb 4, 2019
D Democratic45
42 Yea 3
93% Yea
R Republican5
4 Yea 1
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).
lower
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 493) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, McKelvey, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, Morikawa.
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-13-19.
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 31) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
lower
Feb 4, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (47-0-4)
house
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, Belatti, B. Kobayashi, Mizuno, Say; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Tokioka, Ward.
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to HSH, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.