HI SB1282

Changes the timeframe for repeat offender status from one year to five years, making a second offense within five years of the first conviction a misdemeanor with "repeat offender" designation.

Elevates third or subsequent offenses occurring within five years (changed from two years) of a prior conviction to class C felony status, allowing prosecutors to use prior convictions as evidence.

Requires courts to immediately incarcerate defendants for failure to complete court-ordered domestic violence intervention programs or for violating other sentence conditions.

Mandates the judiciary, prosecutors, and police departments to annually compile and report statistics on arrests, charges, convictions, and dispositions related to family or household member abuse for reports due in 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Becomes effective January 7, 2059, with automatic repeal and reinstatement of prior law on June 30, 2020.