HCR 133 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STRENGTHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN BY STRENGTHENING STATEWIDE ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES AND GENERATING A PLAN TO EXPAND SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL.

This House Concurrent Resolution urges Hawaii's Department of the Attorney General and Department of Law Enforcement to improve their ability to combat human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. The bill requests the creation of a plan to expand specialized investigative personnel and strengthen statewide enforcement initiatives, including expanding the Operation Shine the Light program to all county police departments. It also calls for the establishment of specialized runaway youth recovery teams in each county to quickly locate missing youth who may be at risk of trafficking. Finally, the resolution asks these agencies to submit a report with staffing needs, training requirements, and funding recommendations to the Legislature by early 2027.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 16, 2026 Last action Apr 2, 2026

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HCR133 → HCR133_HD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated from a House Concurrent Resolution to House Draft 1, incorporating specific formatting and content changes. The text was streamlined to remove redundant references to 'State of Hawaii' and 'State of Hawaii' in favor of shorter phrasing, and the list of officials to receive the resolution was shortened. The core policy request remains the same: urging state agencies to expand human trafficking investigations and staffing.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability remains unchanged; it still targets the Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Law Enforcement regarding human trafficking initiatives.

TECHNICAL

The document title was changed from 'HCR133' to 'HCR133 HD1', indicating a new draft version.

Metadata regarding file names, revision numbers, and timestamps was updated, reflecting the transition to a new draft template.

Redundant phrases like 'State of Hawaii' were removed or shortened to 'Hawaii' or 'State' throughout the text for brevity.

The list of recipients for the resolution was condensed by removing the word 'the' before 'Attorney General' and 'Director of Human Services' and removing 'State of Hawaii' from the final list.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for the Department of the Attorney General and Department of Law Enforcement to conduct an assessment was clarified by adding 'are urged to' to match the tone of other resolutions in the bill.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1717-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Apr 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hartsfield.

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors