HB 1376 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Summary
Requires the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation to reduce the number of individuals incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional institutions. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective July 1, 3000. (HD2)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

HB1376_HD1 HB1376_HD2 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to update its version number and effective dates, reflecting its progression from the first to the second House of Representatives reading. The most significant policy change involves clarifying the definition of 'private, out-of-state correctional institutions' to explicitly include facilities operated for profit, ensuring these entities are subject to the same reduction mandates as public-private partnerships. Additionally, the legislative text was restructured to improve readability by separating the reduction targets for different years into distinct sentences.
Scope change
The scope of the bill was expanded to explicitly include for-profit private correctional institutions outside the state under the reduction mandates, whereas the previous version only mentioned public-private partnerships.
TIMELINE

Updated internal document tracking dates from February 2025 to February 2025, and version numbers from HD1 to HD2.

REQUIREMENT

Reformatted the reduction schedule to clearly separate the 25% reduction target for July 1, 2028, and the 50% reduction target for July 1, 2030.

DEFINITION

Changed the definition of 'private, out-of-state correctional institution' to explicitly include institutions operated for profit, in addition to those under public-private partnerships.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 790) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 13, 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
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 242) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Lamosao, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Morikawa, Woodson.
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to PBS, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 4
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors