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HB 1278 Hawaii House · 2020 Regular Session

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES RELATING TO THE LAW.

Summary
Provides that a law enforcement officer has a duty to intervene if the law enforcement officer reasonably believes that another law enforcement officer is using or is about to use unnecessary or excessive force on an arrestee. Requires the law enforcement officer to report the incident to the fellow law enforcement officer's supervisor. Requires relevant departments to submit annual reports to the Legislature. (SD1)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2020
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2019 Last action Jun 26, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
11
Jun 26, 2020
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Jun 26, 2020
Committee
Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3695) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Jun 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Baker, Harimoto.
upper
Jun 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 06-25-20 1:45PM in conference room 229.
upper
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to PSM, WAM.
upper
Mar 7, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 459).
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Quinlan excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Wildberger.
lower
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 738) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Morikawa, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Brower.
lower
Feb 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-14-19.
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-08-19.
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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