SB 526 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE WOMEN'S COURT.

Summary

Establishes a temporary three-year Women's Court Pilot Program within the second, third, and fifth circuits. Establishes temporary positions. Requires a report. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2028. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1)

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 10, 2025

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SB526 → SB526_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

SB 526 SD1 is a technical revision of the original bill that standardizes formatting, removes metadata artifacts, and corrects a critical error in the effective date. The substantive policy content remains the same, but the effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to April 23, 2057, which appears to be a clerical error that needs correction. The bill establishes a three-year women's court pilot program in the second, third, and fifth circuits to address the unique needs of incarcerated women through trauma-informed services.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains unchanged - it still establishes a women's court pilot program in the second, third, and fifth circuits with the same services and funding structure. The only substantive change is the effective date, which appears to be an error.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to April 23, 2057, which is likely a clerical error since the sunset date is June 30, 2028. This should be corrected to a reasonable effective date within the 2025 legislative session.

TECHNICAL

Removed metadata artifacts, page numbers, and template information that were mixed into the original text, making the bill more readable and properly formatted.

Standardized formatting of section headers and text throughout the document to match legislative drafting standards.

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Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 154) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

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

Jan 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to JDC, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

9 primary · 3 co-sponsors