---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO HEALTH."
description: "Designates the month of September as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month to promote public awareness of the risks of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. (HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 899"
citation: "Hawaii HB 899 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "KITAGAWA", "MIZUNO", "MORIKAWA", "NISHIMOTO", "TAKENOUCHI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/601000b3-eba2-4e70-9538-7337c97e03e5"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=899&year=2023"
source_hash: "8ba6714a031a25387688ed9c4c18bfd0e92e827bcaa636bc006a810af144aede"
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 899 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEALTH.

Designates the month of September as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month to promote public awareness of the risks of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. (HD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB899** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB899_.HTM)
2. **HB899_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB899_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB899_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB899_HD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20** Act 012, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112). `became-law`
- **2023-04-19** Act 012, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112). `became-law`
- **2023-03-31** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-03-31** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 546).
- **2023-03-31** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-30** One Day Notice 03-31-23.
- **2023-03-30** Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1481) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-03-21** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante, Keohokalole, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-16** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to TCA. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1143) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to TCA.
- **2023-03-13** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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 03-13-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-10** Referred to HHS, TCA. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 354). `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 JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1082) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-24** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-24-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-17** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 707) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2023-02-15** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Mizuno, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-15-23 8:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to HLT, JHA, 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/601000b3-eba2-4e70-9538-7337c97e03e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).