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Bill	RELATING TO STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH.	Amends the membership of the State Council on Mental Health, defines quorum for the Council, and specifies number of votes required to constitute valid acts of the Council. Designates the State Council on Mental Health within the department of health for administrative purposes. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2018 Regular Session	SB 203	Hawaii SB 203 (2018 Regular Session)	bill	State Council on Mental Health Quorum Membership	enacted	BAKER ENGLISH Galuteria INOUYE KIDANI S. Chang Shimabukuro	2	44	5	2017-01-20	2018-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/ced7698e-3325-46ef-8bca-c990375bc848	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=203&year=2018	a0f4355fa5db06793c28a2ee02c5b1f7b2c8ff0c3787017009a841c6603139ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 203 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH.

Amends the membership of the State Council on Mental Health, defines quorum for the Council, and specifies number of votes required to constitute valid acts of the Council. Designates the State Council on Mental Health within the department of health for administrative purposes. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB203 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB203_CD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 2–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BAKER — primary (person)
• ENGLISH — primary (person)
• Galuteria — primary (person)
• INOUYE — primary (person)
• KIDANI — primary (person)
• S. Chang — primary (person)
• Shimabukuro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 Introduced. introduction
• 2017-01-20 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2017-01-20 Referred to CPH. referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-22-17 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2017-02-22 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Espero, Kidani; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-02 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 557) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2017-03-02 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
• 2017-03-02 One Day Notice 03-03-17.
• 2017-03-03 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Gabbard). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2017-03-03 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 27). introduction
• 2017-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-07 Referred to HLT, JUD, referral sheet 26 referral-committee
• 2017-03-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 03-14-17 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
• 2017-03-14 The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Kobayashi, Morikawa, Todd, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Oshiro. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-17 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1143), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2017-03-17 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, McKelvey, Oshiro, Souki excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2017-11-30 Carried over to 2018 Regular Session.
• 2018-01-17 Re-referred to HHS, JUD, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2018-04-02 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 04-04-18 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2018-04-04 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, Morikawa, Takayama, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) C. Lee. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-06 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1952-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2018-04-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-10-18.
• 2018-04-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2018-04-10 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 552). introduction
• 2018-04-12 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2018-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 784).
• 2018-04-16 House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, San Buenaventura Co-Chairs; Tupola.
• 2018-04-16 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
• 2018-04-19 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Nishihara.
• 2018-04-19 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 802).
• 2018-04-20 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2018-04-23 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) Baker, S. Chang, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-23 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, San Buenaventura; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola.
• 2018-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 15-18).
• 2018-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
• 2018-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 15-18) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2018-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours noticeTuesday, 05-01-18.
• 2018-05-01 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2018-05-01 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2018-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
• 2018-05-03 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
• 2018-05-03 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2018-07-10 Act 137, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). executive-signature
• 2018-07-10 Act 137, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ced7698e-3325-46ef-8bca-c990375bc848. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).