Hawaii House Bill 2129 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-3)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-07 - The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the offense of abuse of family or household members to provide for felony, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor penalties. Expands the family court's jurisdiction over certain enumerated offenses committed against family or household members. Repeals the prohibition on deferred acceptance of guilty or no contest pleas in cases involving abuse of family or household members. Requires that no-contact and stay-away orders issued during the pendency of a criminal case or as a condition of probation be enforced regardless of whether the defendant signed a written acknowledgment of the order, provided that the defendant was informed on the record of the terms and conditions of the order in open court. Requires that no-contact and stay-away orders issued during the pendency of trial cases involving abuse of family or household members or certain enumerated offenses be automatically converted after the defendant's conviction to a new protective order that shall remain in effect for a fixed reasonable period as the court deems appropriate, unless the victim or witness requests otherwise.

Relating To Domestic Violence.

Rep. Nadine Nakamura [D]	Rep. Della au Belatti [D]	Rep. Lynn Decoite [D]	Rep. Cindy Evans [D]
Rep. Beth Fukumoto Chang [R]	Rep. Linda Ichiyama [D]	Rep. Lei Learmont [D]	Rep. Matthew Lopresti [D]
Rep. Sylvia Luke [D]	Rep. Lauren Matsumoto [R]	Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Rep. John Mizuno [D]
Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Sen. Joy San Buenaventura [D]	Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. Cynthia Thielen [R]
Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D]	Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-07	House	The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
2018-02-05	House	Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-07-18 2:00PM in conference room 325.
2018-02-01	House	The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-08-18.
2018-01-30	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-01-18 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
2018-01-26	House	Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 7
2018-01-22	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2018-01-19	House	Pending introduction.

SB2343 (Same As) 2018-03-23 - Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5).

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2129&year=2018
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2129_.HTM