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Hawaii · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1189: RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1189 is a bill introduced in the Hawaii House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Primary sponsor: Kim Coco Iwamoto (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 27, 2025): Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires law enforcement to post notice that a warranted or warrantless search has been conducted on a property. Requires a law enforcement officer to secure any entrance used by an officer in the search.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kim Coco IwamotoPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Terez AmatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4
  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.
  3. Pending introduction.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source