Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation SB2479
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating To Criminal Procedure.
Subject: Family Violence: Dating Violence: Child Abuse: Criminal Procedure: Sentencing: Reduced Sentence: Evidence
Description: Allows a defendant to introduce certain evidence to receive a reduced sentence for certain offenses if the defendant can show that they were subjected to acts of family violence, dating violence, or child abuse, and that the acts were a significant contributing factor for the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced. Allows a defendant to introduce certain relevant evidence when raising the justification defenses of self defense or defense of others to show that the defendant was subjected to acts of family violence, dating violence, or child abuse by the alleged victim. Allows the circuit court imposing a criminal sentence to correct or reduce the sentence and to suspend or probate all or any part of the sentence imposed. Allows a person previously sentenced by a circuit court to petition the court to be re-sentenced to a reduced sentence if the defendant can show that they were subjected to acts of family violence, dating violence, or child abuse, and that the acts were a significant contributing factor for the offense for which the defendant was sentenced.
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: Introduced.
Last Action Date: January 22, 2026
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Mike Gabbard (D); Joy San Buenaventura (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (2 of 25)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2026 | Introduced. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 21, 2026 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
