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Bill	RELATING TO HEALTH.	Amends criteria for emergency examination, release from emergency examination, emergency hospitalization, and release from emergency hospitalization for individuals suffering from a behavioral health crisis. (SD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	HB 1661	Hawaii HB 1661 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Emergency Examinations Emergency Hospitalizations Behavioral Health Crisis	enacted	MIZUNO	7	39	4	2020-01-13	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/8c1f3e32-2ec7-4568-98dd-1d340ce28c97	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1661&year=2020	7494ef8a65031805f4ff31aeaa36d675436b3572a7c18f8e098284e5da307988	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1661 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEALTH.

Amends criteria for emergency examination, release from emergency examination, emergency hospitalization, and release from emergency hospitalization for individuals suffering from a behavioral health crisis. (SD2)

Version chain

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

1. HB1661 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1661_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1661_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1661_HD3 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1661_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. HB1661_SD1_SFA10 (committee substitute) — source
7. HB1661_SD2 (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 HLT 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 JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (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. 3-20) 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, JUD, referral sheet 20 referral-committee
• 2020-02-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday, 02-13-20 9:00AM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-02-13 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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 659-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2020-02-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 2 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-25-20 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-02-25 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-20 at 2:00pm.
• 2020-02-25 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-20 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2020-02-26 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, Nakashima, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, McKelvey, Yamane. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 990-20) 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, Eli excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 290). 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 03-10-20 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
• 2020-06-29 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3719) 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 Floor Amendment No. 10 offered.
• 2020-07-01 Floor amendment adopted as amended (SD 2). amendment-passage
• 2020-07-01 48 Hrs. Notice 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-06 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-07-06 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 572) 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 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 028, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1133). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 028, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1133). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c1f3e32-2ec7-4568-98dd-1d340ce28c97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).