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HB2390 • 2026

RELATING TO PENALTIES.

RELATING TO PENALTIES.

Crime
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Sponsor
ALCOS, GARCIA, GEDEON, OLDS, PIERICK, QUINLAN, SHIMIZU
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Referred to JHA, referral sheet 6
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO PENALTIES.

RELATING TO PENALTIES.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO PENALTIES.
  • Habitual Property Crime; Sentencing; Felony; Penalties; Theft Increases the offense of habitual property crime from a class C felony to a class B felony.
  • Increases the sentencing structure for convictions of habitual property crime.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 H

    Referred to JHA, referral sheet 6

  2. 2026-01-28 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. 2026-01-27 H

    Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO PENALTIES.
Habitual Property Crime; Sentencing; Felony; Penalties; Theft
Increases the offense of habitual property crime from a class C felony to a class B felony. Increases the sentencing structure for convictions of habitual property crime.

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HB2390

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2390

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to penalties
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
1
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Section
708-803, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

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�708-803
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Habitual property
crime.
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(1)
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A person commits the offense of

habitual property crime if the person
is a habitual property crime perpetrator and commits a property crime.

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(2)
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For the purposes of this section, "habitual property crime
perpetrator" means a person who, within ten years of the instant offense,
has convictions for offenses within this chapter for:

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(a)
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Any combination of
two felonies or misdemeanors; or

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(b)
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Any
combination of either one felony or one misdemeanor and one petty misdemeanor;
or

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(c)
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Three
petty misdemeanors.

The convictions shall be for separate incidents on
separate dates.
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The prosecution is not
required to prove any state of mind with respect to the person's status as a
habitual property crime perpetrator.
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Proof that the person has the requisite minimum prior convictions shall
be sufficient to establish this element.

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(3)
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A person commits a property crime if the person engages in conduct that
constitutes an offense under this chapter.
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It can be established that the person has committed a property crime by
either the prosecution proving that the person is guilty of or by the person
pleading guilty or no contest to committing any offense under this chapter.

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(4)
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Habitual property crime is a class [
C
]
B
felony.

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(5)
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For a conviction under this section, the sentence shall be either:

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(a)
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An
indeterminate term of imprisonment of [
five
]
ten
years; provided
that the minimum term of imprisonment shall be not less than [
one year
]
five
years
; or

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(b)
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A term of
probation of [
five
]
ten
years, with conditions to include but not
be limited to [
one year
]
five years
of imprisonment; provided
that probation shall only be available for a first conviction under this
section."

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SECTION 2.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Habitual
Property Crime; Sentencing; Felony; Penalties; Theft

Description:

Increases
the offense of habitual property crime from a class C felony to a class B
felony.
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Increases the sentencing structure
for convictions of habitual property crime.

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