HB 1054 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSURE ACTIONS AGAINST SEX OFFENDERS.

Summary
Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and certain licensing boards to automatically revoke and refuse to renew, restore, or reinstate the professional licenses, registrations, or certifications of registered sex offenders. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB1054 → HB1054_HD1 · 6 edits
MODERATE
The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative text to a digital document template, while the substantive policy content remained largely the same. The main substantive change is the expansion of covered professions from 17 to 23 categories, adding psychology, behavior analysts, respiratory therapists, social workers, and speech pathology/audiology to the list of professionals subject to automatic license revocation for sex offender convictions.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include additional professional licensing categories beyond the original 17 professions, now covering 23 professions including psychology, behavior analysts, respiratory therapists, social workers, and speech pathology/audiology.
SCOPE

Added psychology, behavior analyst program, respiratory therapist program, social worker licensing program, and state board of speech pathology and audiology to the list of professions subject to automatic revocation.

Added board of dentistry to the list of covered licensing boards.

Added midwives licensing program to the list of covered professions.

TECHNICAL

Changed bill title from 'HB1054' to 'HB1054_HD1' indicating House of Representatives version.

Converted document format from traditional legislative text to digital document template with metadata headers.

Changed effective date from 'July 1, 3000' to 'July 1, 2025' in the final section.

Floor votes · House Feb 12, 2025

How they voted

48–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 51
Feb 12, 2025
D Democratic41
40 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican10
8 Yea 2
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 530) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
lower
Feb 12, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (48-0-3)
house
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Lowen.
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Nadine Nakamura
Nadine Nakamura
DDemocratic
HI
15