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HB239HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Child Abuse.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Amends the definition of "child abuse or neglect" to clarify that the failure to provide certain needs to a child shall not constitute child abuse or neglect if the sole reason the person responsible for the care of the child is unable to adequately provide for the child's care is lack of financial resources; and evidence of parental request for support shall not be deemed as evidence of child abuse and neglect. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

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Related measures

  • SB1104— Same As
  • HB239— Carry Over

Related measures may contain different language or follow different histories.

How this measure moved

Legislative path

Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.

  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by HSH
  3. SD1by HHS

Companion measures: SB1104, HB239. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. House HSH committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    9 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    46 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 4 excused

  3. House JHA committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    7 aye · 0 no · 4 excused

  4. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    46 aye · 3 aye with reservations · 0 no · 2 excused

  5. Health and Human Services (HHS) on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    3 aye · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of HB239
MemberHHS
HD1		Change along the path
Henry AquinoSD-019Aye
Kurt FevellaSD-020Aye
Troy HashimotoSD-005Excused
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024Excused
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB239
MemberHSH
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD1)
Della au BelattiHD-026ExcusedAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedExcusedAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye*ExcusedAye*Added reservations at House second reading (HD1)
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeExcusedAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044ExcusedAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeExcusedAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD1)
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcused
30 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberHSH
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-04-25 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. 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.

  6. Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 255) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kahaloa, Garcia, Shimizu.

  10. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1051), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  11. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Amato, Garcia, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  12. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 202).

  13. Passed First Reading.

  14. Referred to HHS, JDC.

  15. The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-25 1:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  16. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, Keohokalole.

  17. Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1190) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  18. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

  19. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-25-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  20. The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 04-03-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  21. The committee on JDC deferred the measure.

  22. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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