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HI HB610

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kanani Souza

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a Cold Case Investigation Unit within the Department of the Attorney General to assist federal, state, county, and tribal law enforcement agencies with unsolved cases.

  • Unit shall employ attorneys, investigators, and other personnel necessary for investigations; non-attorney employees subject to Chapter 76 civil service requirements.

  • Unit may investigate unsolved homicides, sexual offenses, sexually motivated offenses, missing persons, and unidentified remains cases where the crime occurred in Hawaii or the victim was a Hawaii resident.

  • Unit may accept investigation requests from law enforcement agencies or proactively offer assistance to cold case units in Hawaii and other states.

  • Appropriates unspecified general revenue funds for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 for establishment and operation of the unit; effective July 1, 3000.

Legislative Description

Relating To Cold Case Investigations.

Appropriation ($)

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

2/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance2/14/2025
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs1/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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