HB 1636 Summary

• Adds pregnant women to the list of vulnerable persons whose injury or death during a felony triggers mandatory minimum sentences under Hawaii law.

• Prohibits probation for defendants convicted of crimes involving death or serious bodily injury to a pregnant woman, unless the injury resulted from legal abortion performed by healthcare workers or by the pregnant woman herself.

• Expands extended term of imprisonment eligibility to include defendants who kill or seriously injure a pregnant woman during commission of specified felonies (murder, manslaughter, sexual offenses, robbery, assault, burglary, kidnapping).

• Clarifies that the pregnant woman's status must be known or reasonably should be known to the defendant for these enhanced sentencing provisions to apply.

• Takes effect upon approval with no retroactive application to offenses committed before the effective date.