HB 892 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO GEOGRAPHICAL RESTRICTIONS.

HB 892 limits the geographic restrictions courts can impose as conditions of probation. It prevents courts from requiring probationers to avoid entire neighborhoods, regions, or areas without specific, justifiable reasons tied to public safety. This directly affects individuals on probation in criminal cases who might otherwise face overly broad location bans. The bill sets clear boundaries to ensure such restrictions are reasonable and directly related to the case, rather than arbitrary.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB892 HB892_HD1 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill version updates the bill's title and metadata to reflect House District 1 sponsorship. It also slightly restructures the legislative findings to improve flow and clarifies that new statutory text will be visually underscored in the final version.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains unchanged; it still addresses geographical restrictions on probation, but the text has been polished for clarity and formatting.
TECHNICAL

Updated the bill title and metadata to indicate it is the House District 1 version (HD1).

Reformatted the legislative findings section to improve sentence flow and paragraph structure.

Clarified the instruction for future versions to indicate that new statutory language will be underscored.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to JDC.
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 299).
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Reyes Oda voting no (5) and Representative(s) Kapela, Pierick, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Todd.
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of David Tarnas
David Tarnas
DDemocratic
HI
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