HI SB169 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-14 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
Pending: Senate Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 15 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-14 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
Pending: Senate Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide written notice to certain persons regarding the ability to file a claim for redress under applicable wrongful conviction law. Requires the liberal construction of that law. Changes the standard for a claim for compensation for wrongful imprisonment from actual innocence to grounds consistent with innocence. Provides for advance compensation for petitioners under certain circumstances. Requires the State to prove, for claims for compensation for wrongful imprisonment, that the reversal or vacating of the petitioner's conviction or pardoning of the petitioner was inconsistent with innocence. Requires reports to Legislature from the Department of the Attorney General. (SD1)
Title
Relating To Redress For Wrongful Conviction And Imprisonment.
Sponsors
| Sen. Karl Rhoads [D] | Sen. Stanley Chang [D] | Sen. Chris Lee [D] | Sen. Joy San Buenaventura [D] |
| Sen. Brandon Elefante [D] | Sen. Mike Gabbard [D] | Sen. Les Ihara [D] | Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D] |
Roll Calls
2025-02-11 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-14 | Senate | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| 2025-02-14 | Senate | Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 636) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | 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, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. |
| 2025-02-07 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. |
| 2025-01-17 | Senate | Referred to JDC, WAM. |
| 2025-01-15 | Senate | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
| 2025-01-13 | Senate | Pending Introduction. |
Same As/Similar To
HB151 (Same As) 2025-01-30 - The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
