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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO HEALTH."
description: "Excludes fentanyl testing strips from the definition of drug paraphernalia in the uniform Controlled Substances Act. Defines fentanyl test strip. (HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 671"
citation: "Hawaii SB 671 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drug Paraphernalia", "Exclusion", "Fentanyl Testing Strips", "Testing Products", "Uniform Controlled Substances Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "MCKELVEY", "RHOADS", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9347c1b-c416-40c8-ae62-207ab9fcff03"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=671&year=2023"
source_hash: "6f8a9f06a11e07a36395a5f537aef5e57a63d02d2f706393e8cce61090c969f6"
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 SB 671 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEALTH.
Excludes fentanyl testing strips from the definition of drug paraphernalia in the uniform Controlled Substances Act. Defines fentanyl test strip. (HD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB671** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB671_.HTM)
2. **SB671_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB671_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB671_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB671_SD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **50** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **90** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **50** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- CHANG — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- RHOADS — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-22** Act 111, 06/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212). `became-law`
- **2023-06-22** Act 111, on 06/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212). `became-law`
- **2023-04-18** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-18** Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 902). `receipt`
- **2023-04-18** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** One Day Notice 04-18-23.
- **2023-04-17** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-18-23.
- **2023-04-17** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-04-23 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
- **2023-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 557). `receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 549). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Deferred one day 04-03-23. `deferral`
- **2023-03-29** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2023-03-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1624) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-03-16** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-16-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 224) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** One Day Notice 03-07-23.
- **2023-03-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 726) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-24** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-24-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-02-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 456) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2023-02-06** 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, Aquino, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced. `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9347c1b-c416-40c8-ae62-207ab9fcff03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).