republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/hb-2043.md

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Bill	RELATING TO ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH CARE.	Allows an unlicensed mental health professional, working under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional, to provide mental health treatment or counseling services to minors without parental or legal guardian consent, knowledge, or participation. Requires a mental health professional to ensure that the covered entity has been notified that minor-initiated mental health treatment or counseling services should not be disclosed. Requires a covered entity, upon notification that minor-initiated mental health treatment or counseling services should not be disclosed, to maintain the confidentiality of minor-initiated mental health treatment or counseling services. Takes effect 1/30/2021. (SD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	HB 2043	Hawaii HB 2043 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Minors Minor-initiated Mental Health Treatment or Counseling Services Confidentiality Mental Health Professionals	enacted	BROWER CABANILLA ARAKAWA CACHOLA CREAGAN DECOITE GATES ICHIYAMA LOWEN MCKELVEY MIZUNO NAKAMURA OHNO PERRUSO TOKIOKA WILDBERGER	5	37	6	2020-01-17	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2dd49d7c-c3cb-442f-8cbf-84214521a70e	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2043&year=2020	7c8117093fb5c20cc97c7fb91f08ec6b4e032fd057ac58fcf07bdc9f5a8f0349	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 2043 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

Allows an unlicensed mental health professional, working under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional, to provide mental health treatment or counseling services to minors without parental or legal guardian consent, knowledge, or participation. Requires a mental health professional to ensure that the covered entity has been notified that minor-initiated mental health treatment or counseling services should not be disclosed. Requires a covered entity, upon notification that minor-initiated mental health treatment or counseling services should not be disclosed, to maintain the confidentiality of minor-initiated mental health treatment or counseling services. Takes effect 1/30/2021. (SD2)

Version chain

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

1. HB2043 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2043_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2043_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2043_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB2043_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• 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. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–1 (pass) · lower
• The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BROWER — primary (person)
• CABANILLA ARAKAWA — primary (person)
• CACHOLA — primary (person)
• CREAGAN — primary (person)
• DECOITE — primary (person)
• GATES — primary (person)
• ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• MCKELVEY — primary (person)
• MIZUNO — primary (person)
• NAKAMURA — primary (person)
• OHNO — primary (person)
• PERRUSO — primary (person)
• TOKIOKA — primary (person)
• WILDBERGER — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Pending introduction.
• 2020-01-21 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-23 Referred to HLT, JUD/CPC, FIN, referral sheet 4 referral-committee
• 2020-01-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 01-28-20 9:15AM 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; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-04 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 57-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD/CPC.
• 2020-02-04 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD/CPC with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-02-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD/CPC on Wednesday, 02-12-20 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-02-12 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakashima, Perruso, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-12 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Belatti, Har, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cachola, Kong; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Reported from JUD/CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 666-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• 2020-02-14 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cachola, DeCoite, Matsumoto, Okimoto, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2).
• 2020-02-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-27-20 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2020-02-27 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matayoshi; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Eli; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 947-20), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-28 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Eli, Gates, Matsumoto, McDermott voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, DeCoite, Holt, Thielen excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-03-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 166). introduction
• 2020-03-03 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-03-03 Referred to CPH, JDC/WAM. referral-committee
• 2020-03-06 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-20 9:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2020-03-10 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, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-11 Re-Referred to CPH, JDC.
• 2020-05-12 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3457) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2020-05-12 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: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-02 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3752) 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. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim, Riviere . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Gabbard). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-07-06 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 586) 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 Representative(s) Okimoto, Perruso voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong, Matsumoto, McDermott, Ward voting no (4) 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 037, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1142). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 037, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1142). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2dd49d7c-c3cb-442f-8cbf-84214521a70e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).