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Bills

HB 1548: PENAL CODE; MISDEMEANORS; SENTENCING; NONVIOLENT OFFENSES

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: House
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-04-29

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-05-08: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Limits the maximum term of imprisonment for misdemeanors that are not crimes of violence, or for offenses that are not crimes of violence punishable by up to or not exceeding one year, to three hundred sixty-four days.  Allows individuals previously sentenced to a one-year term of imprisonment for an offense that is not a crime of violence to apply to the trial court for reconsideration of the sentence to conform to the revised maximum penalty.  (CD1)

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Floor25SEC
May 6, 2026

Senate Floor

Conference Committee2MIN
Apr 29, 2026

Conference Committee

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary5MIN
Mar 24, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary1MIN
Mar 24, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary

House Floor2MIN
Mar 10, 2026

House Floor

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs15MIN
Feb 13, 2026

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs36SEC
Feb 13, 2026

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

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