HB 278 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO POLICING.

Summary
Requires county police departments and police oversight agencies to collect and report certain data regarding police stops, uses of force, and complaints to the Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division of the Department of the Attorney General. Requires the Division to collect and publish incident-level information and an annual report on the data collected. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025
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This bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document into a digital template format with metadata headers. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including requirements for police data collection, definitions of police stops and uses of force, reporting timelines, and enforcement mechanisms.
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Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 627) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
12 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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