HR 85 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP AND PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON WAYS TO STRENGTHEN PREVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, AND PROTECTIONS FOR SURVIVORS OF IMAGE-BASED SEXUAL ABUSE.

This House Resolution asks the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women to work with the Legislative Reference Bureau to create a working group focused on image-based sexual abuse. The group would include survivors, service providers, law enforcement, and prosecutors to review laws and policies from other states and recommend improvements for prevention, intervention, and survivor protection. The working group must submit a report with findings and potential legislation to the Legislature by early 2028 and will dissolve by the end of 2027. This resolution does not change any laws directly but sets up a process to study and propose future policy changes.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 12, 2026 Last action Apr 9, 2026

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MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from H.D. 1 to H.D. 2 and simplified its title by removing the requirement for collaboration with the Legislative Reference Bureau in the main request. Substantively, the bill now explicitly adds the Department of the Attorney General to provide legal guidance and support to the working group. It also introduces a new requirement for the Commission to request assistance from the Legislative Reference Bureau for drafting proposed legislation by October 1, 2027. Finally, the list of recipients for certified copies of the resolution was updated to include the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Scope change

The scope of the working group's support was expanded to include formal legal guidance from the Attorney General and structured legislative drafting assistance from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

REQUIREMENT

The Department of the Attorney General is now required to provide legal guidance and administrative support to the working group upon request.

The working group designee must request assistance from the Legislative Reference Bureau for drafting proposed legislation no later than October 1, 2027.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was simplified by removing the mention of collaboration with the Legislative Reference Bureau in the primary request.

The Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau was added to the list of officials receiving certified copies of the resolution.

The bill number was changed from H.D. 1 to H.D. 2.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Committee

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1965-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Gedeon.

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1758-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 31, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Sayama.

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 18

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

To be offered.

lower

12 primary · 0 co-sponsors