---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH."
description: "Establishes a two-year child and adolescent crisis mobile outreach team pilot program on Oahu and one neighbor island site to expand existing crisis response services. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 12/31/2025. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 948"
citation: "Hawaii HB 948 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "At-Risk Youth", "Children and Adolescents", "Crisis Mobile Outreach Team Pilot Program", "Expenditure Ceiling ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AIU", "AMATO", "BELATTI", "CHUN", "COCHRAN", "GANADEN", "GARRETT", "GATES", "HASHEM", "HASHIMOTO", "HOLT", "HUSSEY-BURDICK", "ICHIYAMA", "ILAGAN", "KAHALOA", "KAPELA", "KILA", "KITAGAWA", "KOBAYASHI", "LAMOSAO", "LOWEN", "MARTEN", "MARTINEZ", "MATAYOSHI", "MIZUNO", "MORIKAWA", "NAKAMURA", "NISHIMOTO", "ONISHI", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE", "QUINLAN", "SAIKI", "SAYAMA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAKENOUCHI", "TAM", "TARNAS", "TODD", "WOODSON", "YAMASHITA"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/053bd35b-3d51-4e46-a6d6-c29800b49512"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=948&year=2023"
source_hash: "b45427614d5ff00300ddcb109e3ae4c3064e7595d582996feadcd28dbfcd16ac"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 948 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH.

Establishes a two-year child and adolescent crisis mobile outreach team pilot program on Oahu and one neighbor island site to expand existing crisis response services. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 12/31/2025. (CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB948** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB948_.HTM)
2. **HB948_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB948_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB948_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB948_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB948_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB948_HD2_.HTM)
5. **HB948_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB948_SD1_.HTM)
6. **HB948_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB948_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AIU — primary (person)
- AMATO — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- CHUN — primary (person)
- COCHRAN — primary (person)
- GANADEN — primary (person)
- GARRETT — primary (person)
- GATES — primary (person)
- HASHEM — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- HUSSEY-BURDICK — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- ILAGAN — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MARTINEZ — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NAKAMURA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- ONISHI — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- QUINLAN — primary (person)
- SAIKI — primary (person)
- SAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
- TAM — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- WOODSON — primary (person)
- YAMASHITA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-14** Act 089, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190). `became-law`
- **2023-06-14** Act 089, on 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190). `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 996). `receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 901). `receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Lowen, Martinez excused (2). `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1) Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Deferred One Day 05-04-23. `deferral`
- **2023-05-02** Deferred one day 05-04-23. `deferral`
- **2023-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 131).
- **2023-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 131) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2023-04-28** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Kidani; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Morikawa, Kapela, Marten, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2023-04-28** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309.
- **2023-04-27** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 2:30PM in conference room 329.
- **2023-04-25** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-23 2:30PM in conference room 329.
- **2023-04-24** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-25-23 3:30PM in conference room 329.
- **2023-04-24** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Kapela, Marten, Garcia.
- **2023-04-19** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 909). `receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Kidani Co-Chair; Moriwaki.
- **2023-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 721). `receipt`
- **2023-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-06** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 695) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2023-04-06** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-06-23.
- **2023-04-04** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1594) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2023-03-31** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-31-23 9:45AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-23** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1299) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2023-03-15** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-10** Referred to HHS, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 360). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-23.
- **2023-03-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1098) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-23** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-23-23 1:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-15** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 426) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2023-02-03** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Mizuno, Nishimoto, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Amato. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 02-03-23 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/053bd35b-3d51-4e46-a6d6-c29800b49512`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).