---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ASSISTED COMMUNITY TREATMENT."
description: "Clarifies that community mental health outpatient programs that have agreed to provide mental health services to a defendant as part of an assisted community treatment order may prepare a certificate for assisted community treatment and provide the certificate to a defendant and may file an assisted community treatment petition with the Family Court. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2505"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2505 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assisted Community Treatment", "Community Mental Health Outpatient Programs", "Involuntary Hospitalization", "Petitions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ALCOS", "AMATO", "BELATTI", "KAHALOA", "KILA", "MARTEN", "MATAYOSHI", "MATSUMOTO", "OLDS", "POEPOE", "REYES ODA", "SHIMIZU", "SOUZA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAM"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/703c977f-64db-4fcf-974e-213f7f0b7d72"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2505&year=2026"
source_hash: "f9ddb306a3d04917e6a5b4c0ef3d7e60838657fdeab81b013f07a583de978fb5"
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 2505 (2026) — RELATING TO ASSISTED COMMUNITY TREATMENT.

Clarifies that community mental health outpatient programs that have agreed to provide mental health services to a defendant as part of an assisted community treatment order may prepare a certificate for assisted community treatment and provide the certificate to a defendant and may file an assisted community treatment petition with the Family Court. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2505_.HTM)
2. **HB2505_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2505_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2505_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2505_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB2505_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2505_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ALCOS — primary (person)
- AMATO — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- MATSUMOTO — primary (person)
- OLDS — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- REYES ODA — primary (person)
- SHIMIZU — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAM — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-27** Act 052, on 05/27/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1152). `became-law`
- **2026-05-27** Act 052, 05/27/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1152). `became-law`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2026-05-08** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). `receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Hartsfield voting no (1) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2026-05-01** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
- **2026-05-01** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 110-26).
- **2026-05-01** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
- **2026-05-01** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 110-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2026-04-30** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Tarnas, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Tam, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2026-04-30** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-30-26 4:30PM in conference room 329.
- **2026-04-28** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
- **2026-04-28** Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2026-04-20** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Tarnas, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Tam, Alcos.
- **2026-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). `receipt`
- **2026-04-16** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-14** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 699) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2026-04-14** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2026-04-10** One Day Notice 04-14-26.
- **2026-04-10** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3760) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-04-07** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-25** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3172) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2026-03-18** 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, McKelvey, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-10** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 115). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 845-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-02-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M.. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-20** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
- **2026-02-20** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 731-26), recommending referral to FIN.
- **2026-02-19** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-19-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-11** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 160-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2026-02-06** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Re-referred to HLT, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 7 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 02-06-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-02** Referred to HLT, JHA, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/703c977f-64db-4fcf-974e-213f7f0b7d72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).