Hawaii House Bill 36

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-28 - Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a medical examiner, coroner, or health care provider from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Relating To Excited Delirium.

Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-28	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.
2025-02-28	House	Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1056) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-26	House	The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kahaloa.
2025-02-21	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-26-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-11	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
2025-02-11	House	Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 322) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
2025-02-05	House	The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.
2025-01-31	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-05-25 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21	House	Referred to HLT, JHA, referral sheet 1
2025-01-16	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-10	House	Prefiled.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=36&year=2025
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB36_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB36_HD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB36_HD2_.HTM
Supplement	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/Testimony/HB36_TESTIMONY_HLT_02-05-25_.PDF
Supplement	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/CommReports/HB36_HD1_HSCR322_.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/Testimony/HB36_HD1_TESTIMONY_JHA_02-26-25_.PDF
Supplement	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/CommReports/HB36_HD2_HSCR1056_.pdf