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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO HEALTH."
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description: "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)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2018 Regular Session"
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identifier: "HB 2739"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 2739 (2018 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health", "Our Care", "Our Choice Act"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "HASHEM", "LOWEN", "LUKE", "MORIKAWA", "NISHIMOTO", "SAIKI", "TAKAYAMA", "TODD"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-01-24"
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last_action: "2018-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71129222-5647-4263-abed-9308fe556156"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2739&year=2018"
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source_hash: "10654aa72324d57d64251e083eb1fd6438d900e4583e21a174268db34d4b6eda"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii HB 2739 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEALTH.
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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)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB2739** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2739_.HTM)
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2. **HB2739_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2739_HD1_.HTM)
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3. **HB2739_HD1_HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2739_HD1_HFA1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- BELATTI — primary (person)
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- HASHEM — primary (person)
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- LOWEN — primary (person)
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- LUKE — primary (person)
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- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
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- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
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- SAIKI — primary (person)
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- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
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- TODD — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-29** Referred to HHS/JUD, referral sheet 9 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS/JUD on Tuesday, 02-27-18 10:30AM in the Auditorium.
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- **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.
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- **2018-02-27** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-28-18 12:00PM in conference room 329.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **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.
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- **2018-03-01** Floor Amendment No. 1 offered by Rep. Tupola.
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- **2018-03-01** Floor Amendment failed with Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Representative(s) McKelvey, Tokioka, Yamane).
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- **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).
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- **2018-03-06** Floor Amendment No. 2 offered by Rep. Tupola.
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- **2018-03-06** Floor amendment failed with Noes, 1 (Representative(s) Belatti). Excused, 0 (none). `amendment-failure`
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 378). `introduction`
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- **2018-03-08** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-08** Referred to CPH, JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-13** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-18 8:30AM in conference room 229.
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-19** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2967) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
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- **2018-03-19** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
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- **2018-03-19** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-23-18 9:00AM in conference room 016.
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3251) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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- **2018-03-28** One Day Notice 03-29-18.
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-29** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 462).
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- **2018-03-29** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2018-04-05** Act 002, on 04/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1102). `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-05** Act 002, 04/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1102). `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71129222-5647-4263-abed-9308fe556156`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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