SB 2520 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HABITUAL VIOLENT CRIME.

Summary

Amends Act 213, SLH 2024, by repealing its sunset date and requiring the Criminal Justice Research Institute to submit a one-time report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2031. Requires the Department of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Criminal Justice Research Institute, to submit ongoing annual reports to the Legislature. (SD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB2520_SD1 → SB2520_SD2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated from the first session to the second session, changing the sponsor from Adam Weiss to Blake Anderson and adjusting the legislative session number from S.D. 1 to S.D. 2. The core policy regarding habitual violent crime reporting remains intact, but the reporting requirements were clarified to ensure data is provided in aggregate form without personally identifiable information, and a new subsection was added to explicitly protect confidential data and court-protected information from disclosure.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the reporting of habitual violent crime statistics remains the same, but the applicability of the data collection was refined to exclude personally identifiable information and to guarantee the protection of confidential records.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header to reflect the second session (S.D. 2) and changed the sponsor's name from Adam Weiss to Blake Anderson.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified that annual reports must contain only aggregate data and explicitly prohibited the inclusion of personally identifiable information.

Added a new provision stating that nothing in the bill requires the disclosure of information that is confidential under state or federal law or protected by a court order.

DEFINITION

Changed the list of violent crimes in the findings section to include 'sexual assaults' alongside abuse of family members and assaults on law enforcement officers.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 255) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.

upper

Feb 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-24-26 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Committee

Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2128) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

upper

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

Re-Referred to PSM, JDC.

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.

upper

Jan 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 28, 2026

Committee

Referred to PSM, JDC/WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors