# Hawaii HB 963: RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST ELDERS. Hawaii HB 963, RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST ELDERS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) House bill sponsored by Jenna Takenouchi (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2025-03-06 (Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 308).) (as of 2026-10-28). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB963-2025 - As of: 2026-10-28 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Hawaii HB 963 - State: Hawaii - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) - Title: RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST ELDERS. - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-21 - Last action: 2025-03-06, Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 308). - Sponsor: Jenna Takenouchi (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 18 - Subjects: Criminal Offenses, Sentencing, Strict Liability, Crimes Against Elders, HHS, JDC - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Establishes strict liability for crimes against elders with respect to the attendant circumstance that the victim was sixty years of age or older. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jenna Takenouchi (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cory M. Chun (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Luke A. Evslin (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Andrew Takuya Garrett (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Daniel Holt (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kirstin Kahaloa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Darius K. Kila (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lisa Kitagawa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: LAMOSAO - Cosponsor: Mike Lee (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Nicole E. Lowen (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: M. - Cosponsor: Lisa Marten (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tyson K. Miyake (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mahina Poepoe (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sean Quinlan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Gregg Takayama (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Adrian K. Tam (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Democratic), House ## Actions (16) - 2025-03-06: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 308). (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Passed First Reading. (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Referred to HHS, JDC. (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. (House) - 2025-02-28: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1053) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House) - 2025-02-28: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. (House) - 2025-02-19: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. (House) - 2025-02-14: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-02-12: Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 522) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. (House) - 2025-02-12: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). (House) - 2025-02-11: The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House) - 2025-02-06: Bill re-scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-11-25 9:45AM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-01-31: Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-01-23: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House) - 2025-01-23: Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 3 (House) - 2025-01-21: Pending introduction. (House) ## Bill text - Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB963_HD2_.pdf) - HB963_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB963_HD1_.HTM) - HB963_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB963_HD2_.HTM) - Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB963_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB963_.PDF) ## Related bills - SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed) - HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed) - HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed) - SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed) - HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed) - HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed) ## Sources - [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB963_HD2_.pdf) - [HB963_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB963_HD1_.HTM) - [HB963_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB963_HD2_.HTM) - [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB963_.HTM) - [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB963_.PDF) ## Related - [SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB572-2025) - [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025) - [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025) - [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025) - [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025) - [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025) - [Hawaii bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii/bills) - [Hawaii state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB963-2025 (as of 2026-10-28).