republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/hb-1620.md

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Bill	RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.	Amends the effect of finding a defendant charged with a petty misdemeanor not involving violence or attempted violence unfit to proceed. Amends the requirements for fitness determination hearings, court-appointed examiners, and examination reports. Authorizes the courts to enter into agreements to divert into residential, rehabilitative, and other treatment those defendants whose physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect is believed to have become or will become an issue in a judicial case. Amends the requirements for appointing qualified examiners to perform examinations for penal responsibility. Removes the time requirement for the ordering of the penal responsibility evaluation. Requires the judiciary, in consultation with county prosecutors, to report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the Act in 2021, 2022, and 2023. (SD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	HB 1620	Hawaii HB 1620 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Fitness to Proceed Petty Misdemeanors Department of Health Penal Responsibility Mental Health Treatment Agreements	enacted	BELATTI C. LEE SAN BUENAVENTURA TAKAYAMA	5	36	4	2020-01-10	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/909d5393-f442-40e7-8f08-11ed4f12286b	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1620&year=2020	6152b9b8d9be639279d7a996c67a2d57dad16693d13a6574685e579fbbaf368e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1620 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

Amends the effect of finding a defendant charged with a petty misdemeanor not involving violence or attempted violence unfit to proceed. Amends the requirements for fitness determination hearings, court-appointed examiners, and examination reports. Authorizes the courts to enter into agreements to divert into residential, rehabilitative, and other treatment those defendants whose physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect is believed to have become or will become an issue in a judicial case. Amends the requirements for appointing qualified examiners to perform examinations for penal responsibility. Removes the time requirement for the ordering of the penal responsibility evaluation. Requires the judiciary, in consultation with county prosecutors, to report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the Act in 2021, 2022, and 2023. (SD2)

Version chain

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

1. HB1620 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1620_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1620_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1620_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1620_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BELATTI — primary (person)
• C. LEE — primary (person)
• SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-10 Prefiled.
• 2020-01-15 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-21 Referred to HLT, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 01-28-20 8:35AM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-01-28 The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Belatti, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-04 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 54-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2020-02-04 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Re-referred to HLT, JUD, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-25-20 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-02-25 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-20 at 2:00pm.
• 2020-02-25 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-20 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2020-02-26 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, Nakashima, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, McKelvey, Yamane. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 989-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-03-20.
• 2020-03-03 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Creagan, Eli excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 286). introduction
• 2020-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-03-05 Referred to CPH, JDC. referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-20 9:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2020-03-13 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-22 Re-referred to HLT, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 48 referral-committee
• 2020-06-24 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3660) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2020-06-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
• 2020-06-26 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 06-30-20 9:46AM in conference room 016.
• 2020-06-30 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-02 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3757) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2020-07-02 48 Hrs. Notice 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-06 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-07-06 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 569) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2020-07-08 Received notice of House intent to agree to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 421).
• 2020-07-10 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2020-07-10 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).
• 2020-07-10 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 425).
• 2020-07-10 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2020-09-15 Act 026, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 026, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/909d5393-f442-40e7-8f08-11ed4f12286b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).