HB 677 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION.

Summary

Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with various agencies and upon request of the inmates, to assist inmates in obtaining the inmates' civil identification card, birth certificate, social security card, and other relevant identification necessary for successful reentry into society, as soon as practicable. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to initiate the process of obtaining identifying documents for inmates released to work furlough, extended furlough, or community placement programs, by providing the forms necessary for the inmate to obtain civil identification cards and other identifying documents to the inmate as soon as practicable. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB677 → HB677_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was reformatted from a House bill to a House Committee version (HD1) with significant text corrections. The substantive policy content remains the same - it requires the Department of Corrections to help inmates obtain identification documents before release. However, the effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000' (likely a placeholder error), and the text was cleaned up to remove formatting artifacts and improve readability.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the policy requirements for inmate identification assistance remain identical.

TIMELINE

Effective date changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000' (likely an error needing correction)

TECHNICAL

Removed formatting artifacts, corrected text errors, and cleaned up document structure

Changed document type from House bill to House Committee version (HD1)

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 687), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 79) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to PBS, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to PBS, JHA, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

11 primary · 0 co-sponsors