SB 788 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP SERVICES.

Summary

Establishes a two-year pilot program in the Probate Court and Family Court of the First Circuit to fund certain guardianship and conservatorship related court resources in situations where the respondent does not have sufficient funds to pay for one or more of the resources and the court has deemed the resource or resources beneficial. Requires the Judiciary to submit reports to the Governor and Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB788 → SB788_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a House bill (HB) to a Senate bill (SB) and updated with new tracking numbers and dates. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 2025, to April 23, 2057, likely a placeholder or clerical error. Additionally, the specific dollar amounts appropriated for funding the pilot program were removed from the text, leaving blank lines for the legislature to fill in later.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding guardianship services remains unchanged, but the funding mechanism is now incomplete as specific appropriation amounts were deleted.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to April 23, 2057.

FISCAL

Specific appropriation amounts of $100,000 for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 were removed from the text.

TECHNICAL

The bill type was updated from HB to SB, and associated metadata such as revision numbers and dates were changed to reflect Senate processing.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 372) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to JDC, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors