Bills

HB 963: ASSAULT IN THE FIRST AND SECOND DEGREES; STRICT LIABILITY; ATTENDANT CIRCUMSTANCES; ELDERS

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: House
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-02-10

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-02-11: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Establishes strict liability for crimes against elders with respect to the attendant circumstance that the victim was seventy years of age or older.  Effective 21/31/2050.  (SD1)

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Standing Committee on Health and Human Services7MIN
Jan 28, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Health and Human Services

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs7MIN
Feb 19, 2025

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

House Standing Committee on Human Services & Homelessness10MIN
Feb 11, 2025

House Standing Committee on Human Services & Homelessness

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