HB 128 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

Summary

Establishes factors under which officers may, without warrant, arrest and detain persons for petty misdemeanors and violations. Requires officers to record the factors that justified the warrantless arrest. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Mar 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB128 → HB128_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to clarify its purpose and streamline the statutory language regarding warrantless arrests for petty offenses. The changes remove redundant text, correct formatting inconsistencies, and update the bill header to reflect it has been referred to House Committee on Judiciary (HD1). The core policy intent remains unchanged: allowing officers to arrest for petty misdemeanors only under specific circumstances and requiring them to document why an arrest was necessary instead of issuing a citation.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; changes are primarily editorial and formatting improvements to the legislative text.

TECHNICAL

Removed duplicate header lines and formatting artifacts from the original draft, resulting in a cleaner, more professional bill presentation.

Corrected inconsistent spacing and line breaks in the statutory text to improve readability and ensure proper formatting for publication.

Updated the bill header to indicate it has been referred to the House Committee on Judiciary (HD1), reflecting its current legislative status.

Replaced bracketed editorial marks with clean text in the statutory sections to prepare the bill for final passage.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to PSM, JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 191).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Amato, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Chun, Garcia, Holt, Kila, Kong, Lamosao, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (11) and Representative(s) Kapela, Pierick, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Todd.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors