Bill Sponsor
Hawaii Senate Bill 951
Session 2025
Relating To Child Protection.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on Jul 1, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
951
State
Hawaii
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
Republican
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Cosponsor
Senate Votes (5)
House Votes (4)
Motion Text
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
Senate Roll Call Votes
Summary
Requires mandatory written reports of child abuse or neglect to the Department of Human Services to include the military status of the child's parent or other persons responsible for the child's care, if known. Requires the Department of Human Services to inform the appropriate authority for the branch of the United States military when, upon receiving a report of child abuse or neglect, there is sufficient information to determine that the report involves a family where one of the parents, guardians, or alleged perpetrators is a member of an identifiable branch of the United States military. (CD1)
07/01/2025
Senate
Act 260, 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1363).
07/01/2025
House
Act 260, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1363).
05/02/2025
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).
05/02/2025
Senate
Enrolled to Governor.
05/01/2025
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).
04/30/2025
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
04/30/2025
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2).
04/24/2025
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 63).
04/24/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
04/24/2025
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 63) as amended in (CD 1).
04/24/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
04/23/2025
House
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Belatti, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto.
04/23/2025
Senate
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Elefante, Gabbard, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
04/22/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 329.
04/15/2025
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).
04/15/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Elefante, Gabbard Co-Chairs; DeCorte.
04/15/2025
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789).
04/14/2025
House
House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Belatti, Poepoe Co-Chairs; Iwamoto, Souza.
04/03/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 440).
04/03/2025
Senate
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
04/03/2025
House
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 481).
04/02/2025
House
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
03/31/2025
House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1732) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
03/31/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-02-25.
03/20/2025
House
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem.
03/18/2025
House
Reported from HSH/PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1287) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
03/18/2025
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
03/18/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/12/2025
House
The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Takayama, Alcos, Garcia.
03/12/2025
House
The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Ichiyama, Lamosao, Woodson.
03/07/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH/PBS on Wednesday, 03-12-25 8:50AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/06/2025
House
Pass First Reading
03/06/2025
House
Referred to HSH/PBS, JHA, referral sheet 19
03/04/2025
Senate
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.
03/04/2025
House
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 226) in amended form (SD 2).
02/27/2025
Senate
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 736) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
02/27/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
02/20/2025
Senate
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.
02/18/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-20-25 10:01AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
02/14/2025
Senate
Reported from HHS/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 591) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
02/14/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
02/07/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
02/07/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
01/31/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on HHS/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 3:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
01/23/2025
Senate
Referred to HHS/PSM, JDC.
01/21/2025
Senate
Passed First Reading.
01/17/2025
Senate
Introduced.
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