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Bill	RELATING TO HEALTH.	Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any person upon consent, with a valid prescription, and in compliance with labeling and dispensing requirements. Adds certain substances to the list of Hawaii's Schedule I controlled substances. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	HB 1659	Hawaii HB 1659 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Prescription Drugs Pharmacy Customized Patient Medication Packages Schedule I Controlled Substances	enacted	MIZUNO	5	40	4	2020-01-13	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2f02a399-874a-4895-bc3d-9fc404cd80f3	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1659&year=2020	cada46736c4b08c27e7ef49553cde7240b23b340d3f55cfeff4e9d8252413af5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1659 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any person upon consent, with a valid prescription, and in compliance with labeling and dispensing requirements. Adds certain substances to the list of Hawaii's Schedule I controlled substances. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1659 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1659_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1659_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1659_HD3 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1659_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee recommends that the measure pass with amendments, for recommittal for further consideration. — 8–0 (fail) · lower
• The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• MIZUNO — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 Prefiled.
• 2020-01-15 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-21 Referred to HLT, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 01-28-20 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-01-28 The committee recommends that the measure pass with amendments, for recommittal for further consideration. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Belatti, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say, Ward; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• 2020-01-30 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending recommittal to HLT for further consideration.
• 2020-01-30 HD 1 adopted and recommitted to HLT for further consideration with none voting no and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Tokioka excused.
• 2020-02-05 Re-referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 20 referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 02-11-20 9:30AM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-02-11 The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Say. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 530-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2020-02-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 2 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-25-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-02-25 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Matsumoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 995-20) as amended in HD 3, 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 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Creagan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 289). introduction
• 2020-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-03-05 Referred to CPH. referral-committee
• 2020-03-06 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-20 9:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2020-03-12 The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 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, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-29 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3718) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2020-06-29 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2020-06-29 48 Hrs. Notice 07-01-20.
• 2020-07-01 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-07-01 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 553) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2020-07-02 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2020-07-06 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 379).
• 2020-07-08 Reconsideration of action taken on 07-02-20.
• 2020-07-08 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 419).
• 2020-07-10 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2020-07-10 Floor Amendment No. 5 offered by Rep. McDermott.
• 2020-07-10 Floor amendment failed with Noes, 1 (Representative(s) Belatti). Excused, 3 (Representative(s) Aquino, Hashem, Ohno). amendment-failure
• 2020-07-10 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 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 027, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 027, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f02a399-874a-4895-bc3d-9fc404cd80f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).