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Hawaii · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1605: RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT.

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

SB 1605 is a bill introduced in the Hawaii Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT. Primary sponsor: Samantha DeCorte (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 27, 2025): Passed First Reading.

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Official summary

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

Provides that investigative powers of the Department of Human Services under the Child Protective Act include interviews of adults living in the family home and the alleged perpetrator in the; Requires DHS to record and save adult interviews conducted as part of an investigation of a report of harm, threatened harm, or imminent harm to a child and to include recorded adult interviews in any filed petition for removal.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Samantha DeCortePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate22

“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. Passed First Reading.
  2. Referred to HHS, JDC.
  3. Introduced.

Sources

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