HB 1592 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ASSAULT.

Summary

Elevates criminal penalties for assaults committed against educational workers and sports officials, while preserving appropriate judicial discretion at sentencing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2026 Last action Feb 10, 2026

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HB1592 → HB1592_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change its effective date from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, and updated the legislative version number to reflect House District 1 changes. The core policy regarding increased criminal penalties for assaulting educational workers and sports officials remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability to educational workers and sports officials remain the same; only the implementation timeline was altered.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the new assault penalties was moved from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, effectively delaying the law's enforcement by over 700 years.

TECHNICAL

The document header was updated to reflect 'HB1592 HD1' and the legislative version number was changed from 00004 to 00005.

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Committee

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 75-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDN, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

25 primary · 0 co-sponsors