SB 2571 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO JURY DUTY.

SB 2571 increases the daily payment amount for jurors and prospective jurors who attend court. The bill specifies a higher rate of compensation per day of actual court attendance and allocates state funds to cover this cost. This change directly affects individuals summoned for jury duty in Oregon courts, ensuring they receive a higher daily stipend for their service. The measure focuses solely on adjusting payment rates without altering jury eligibility or selection processes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Feb 19, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB2571 → SB2571_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was updated from its original House version to a Senate District 1 amendment, changing the sponsor from Devin Choy to Blake Anderson. The most significant policy change is the appropriation amount, which was removed from the text, leaving a blank space for the legislature to fill in later. Additionally, the effective date of the law was drastically delayed from July 1, 2026, to March 22, 2075.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding jury duty payments remains the same, but the funding mechanism is now incomplete pending a specific dollar amount to be inserted.

FISCAL

The specific dollar amount appropriated for jury duty payments was deleted, replaced with blank lines requiring a new figure to be inserted.

TIMELINE

The effective date for the new jury duty payment rates was changed from July 1, 2026, to March 22, 2075, delaying implementation by over a decade.

TECHNICAL

The bill sponsor was changed from Devin Choy (House) to Blake Anderson (Senate District 1), and the document was updated to reflect Senate formatting.

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

Feb 19, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2427) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 28, 2026

Committee

Referred to JDC, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors