Hawaii Senate Bill 2721
Session 2026
Relating To The Administration Of Justice.
Became Law
Became Law on Jun 26, 2026
Sponsors
First Action
Jan 23, 2026
Latest Action
Jun 26, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
2721
State
Hawaii
Session
2026
Summary
Implements recommendations from the 2025 Advisory Committee on Penal Code Review, established pursuant to Act 245, SLH 2024, to amend the Hawaii Penal Code. Effective 9/1/2026. (CD1)
SB2721_CD1
SB2721_HD1
SB2721_SD1
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06/26/2026
Senate
Act 151, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252).
06/26/2026
House
Act 151, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252).
05/08/2026
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
05/08/2026
Senate
Enrolled to Governor.
05/06/2026
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Lamosao. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none).
05/06/2026
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Kila, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (8) and none excused (0).
05/06/2026
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).
04/29/2026
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 48-26).
04/29/2026
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.
04/29/2026
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 48-26) as amended in (CD 1).
04/29/2026
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
04/28/2026
House
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kusch, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 0 Excused: none.
04/28/2026
Senate
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
04/27/2026
House
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.
04/24/2026
House
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.
04/23/2026
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-26 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.
04/22/2026
Senate
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-26 2:35PM; Conference Room 325.
04/21/2026
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Chang, Gabbard.
04/21/2026
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718).
04/20/2026
House
House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kusch Co-Chairs; Poepoe, Garcia.
04/20/2026
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).
04/16/2026
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 694).
04/16/2026
Senate
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
04/16/2026
House
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).
04/14/2026
House
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Kila, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matayoshi, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (9) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
04/10/2026
House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2076-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
04/10/2026
House
Deferred one day 04-14-26.
04/07/2026
House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.
04/02/2026
House
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26.
04/02/2026
House
Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/31/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/25/2026
House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1409-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
03/25/2026
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Matsumoto, Perruso excused (2).
03/17/2026
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, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and Excused: none.
03/12/2026
House
Pass First Reading
03/12/2026
House
Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17
03/12/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-17-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/10/2026
Senate
Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
03/10/2026
House
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 287) in amended form (SD 1).
03/05/2026
Senate
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2812) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
03/05/2026
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
03/05/2026
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 3/10/2026.
02/18/2026
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.
02/11/2026
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 9:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
02/03/2026
Senate
Re-Referred to JDC.
02/02/2026
Senate
The committee on PSM deferred the measure.
01/30/2026
Senate
The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
01/28/2026
Senate
Referred to PSM, JDC/WAM.
01/26/2026
Senate
Passed First Reading.
01/23/2026
Senate
Introduced.
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Jan 24, 2026 2:09:30 AM
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Jun 26, 2026 10:35:22 PM