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Panel backs one-day sentencing cap change aimed at reducing immigration consequences
Summary
The committee advanced HB 1548 to change misdemeanor maximum incarceration from 365 to 364 days, a narrow statutory adjustment supporters say prevents certain convictions from triggering mandatory immigration consequences without altering criminal penalties.
The committee approved House Bill 1548, which would reduce the statutory maximum term for misdemeanors from a calendar year (365 days) to 364 days. Testimony from the Office of the Public Defender, the Legal Clinic, the William S. Richardson School of Law clinic, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs described the change as a targeted technical fix to avoid…
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