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Bill RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a regulated process under which an adult resident of the State with a medically confirmed terminal disease and less than six months to live may choose to obtain a prescription for medication to end the patient's life. Imposes criminal sanctions for tampering with a patient's request for a prescription or coercing a patient to request a prescription. (HB2739 HD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2018 Regular Session HB 2739 Hawaii HB 2739 (2018 Regular Session)
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Hawaii HB 2739 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a regulated process under which an adult resident of the State with a medically confirmed terminal disease and less than six months to live may choose to obtain a prescription for medication to end the patient's life. Imposes criminal sanctions for tampering with a patient's request for a prescription or coercing a patient to request a prescription. (HB2739 HD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB2739 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB2739_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB2739_HD1_HFA1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 60 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 41 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 71 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 41 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • BELATTI — primary (person)
  • HASHEM — primary (person)
  • LOWEN — primary (person)
  • LUKE — primary (person)
  • MORIKAWA — primary (person)
  • NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
  • SAIKI — primary (person)
  • TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
  • TODD — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-29 Referred to HHS/JUD, referral sheet 9 referral-committee
  • 2018-02-23 Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS/JUD on Tuesday, 02-27-18 10:30AM in the Auditorium.
  • 2018-02-27 The committee(s) on HHS/JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-28-18 at 12:00 PM in room 329.
  • 2018-02-27 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-28-18 12:00PM in conference room 329.
  • 2018-02-28 The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Belatti, Learmont; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Tupola; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-28 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, C. Lee, Morikawa, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) McDermott; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-01 Reported from HHS/JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 902-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2018-03-01 Floor Amendment No. 1 offered by Rep. Tupola.
  • 2018-03-01 Floor Amendment failed with Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Representative(s) McKelvey, Tokioka, Yamane).
  • 2018-03-01 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Matsumoto, Woodson voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aquino, Cachola, Choy, Cullen, Johanson, Kong, McDermott, Quinlan, Tupola, Ward voting no (10) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Tokioka, Yamane excused (3).
  • 2018-03-06 Floor Amendment No. 2 offered by Rep. Tupola.
  • 2018-03-06 Floor amendment failed with Noes, 1 (Representative(s) Belatti). Excused, 0 (none). amendment-failure
  • 2018-03-06 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) DeCoite, Matsumoto, Tokioka, Yamane voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aquino, Cachola, Choy, Cullen, Har, Johanson, Kong, McDermott, Quinlan, Tupola, Ward, Woodson voting no (12) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2018-03-08 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 378). introduction
  • 2018-03-08 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2018-03-08 Referred to CPH, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2018-03-13 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-18 8:30AM in conference room 229.
  • 2018-03-16 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, Tokuda, Espero, Ihara, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-19 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2967) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
  • 2018-03-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
  • 2018-03-19 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-23-18 9:00AM in conference room 016.
  • 2018-03-23 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Gabbard; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3251) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2018-03-28 One Day Notice 03-29-18.
  • 2018-03-29 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Green, K. Kahele, Kim, Riviere . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Gabbard, Harimoto). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2018-03-29 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 462).
  • 2018-03-29 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2018-04-05 Act 002, on 04/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1102). executive-signature
  • 2018-04-05 Act 002, 04/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1102). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71129222-5647-4263-abed-9308fe556156. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).