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Introduced
01/30/2026
01/30/2026
In Committee
02/11/2026
02/11/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Establishes comprehensive reforms to protect children and families from abuse and improve systemic responses. Part I: Establishes the calendar year 2027 as the Year of Resilience, Safety, and Survivor Justice. Part II: Modernizes statutory definitions of harm and child abuse. Part III: Recognizes coercive control as domestic abuse. Part IV: Reforms Family Court procedures to prioritize child safety and prohibit parental alienation theories. Part V: Defines economic abuse and strengthens financial protections, including automatic restraining orders, emergency hearings, forensic accounting authority, and liability for financial institutions. Part VI: Safeguards neurodivergent children and prohibits diagnosis shopping. Part VII: Protects reproductive privacy in custody proceedings. Part VIII: Enhances Child Welfare Services Branch accountability through audits and creation of a Child Welfare Ombudsman. Part IX: Requires automatic protective orders and custody restrictions in cases of severe violence. Part X: Creates a Family Violence Docket with mandatory judicial training and an advisory panel.
AI Summary
This bill enacts comprehensive reforms to protect children and families by modernizing definitions of harm and child abuse, recognizing coercive control as domestic abuse, and reforming Family Court procedures to prioritize child safety and prohibit parental alienation theories. It also defines economic abuse and strengthens financial protections, safeguards neurodivergent children by prohibiting "diagnosis shopping" (seeking multiple diagnoses to manipulate legal outcomes), and protects reproductive privacy in custody proceedings by making reproductive history inadmissible. The bill enhances accountability for Child Welfare Services Branch through audits and the creation of a Child Welfare Ombudsman, mandates automatic protective orders and custody restrictions in cases of severe violence, and establishes a specialized Family Violence Docket with mandatory judicial training and an advisory panel to ensure judges are equipped to handle these sensitive cases.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Re-Referred to HHS, JDC/WAM. (on 02/11/2026)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3331&year=2026 |
| BillText | https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3331_.HTM |
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