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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS."
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description: "Establishes the amount of compensation for private-sector examiners who evaluate a criminal defendant's fitness to proceed or penal responsibility in a legal case. Appropriates funds. (CD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 264"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 264 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Appropriations ($)", "Fitness to Proceed", "Judiciary Package", "Penal Responsibility", "Private Examiner Compensation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-14"
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last_action: "2025-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c53ebbf4-0753-4fc1-9ce1-d4b39473756e"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=264&year=2025"
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source_hash: "5d90e39beabce0c2f700600191a2d6227a1d57f89e7ca62675493799aeb3dd1d"
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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 SB 264 (2025) — RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS.
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Establishes the amount of compensation for private-sector examiners who evaluate a criminal defendant's fitness to proceed or penal responsibility in a legal case. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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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. **SB264** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB264_.HTM)
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2. **SB264_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB264_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB264_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB264_HD1_.HTM)
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4. **SB264_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB264_SD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- KOUCHI — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-07-02** Act 274, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1377). `became-law`
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- **2025-07-02** Act 274, 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1377). `became-law`
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- **2025-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
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- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
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- **2025-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
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- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 120) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2025-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
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- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 120).
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- **2025-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kitagawa, Belatti, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
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- **2025-04-23** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Aquino; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-22** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 2:15PM in conference room 325.
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- **2025-04-22** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-25 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.
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- **2025-04-17** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-25 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.
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- **2025-04-21** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Belatti, Shimizu.
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- **2025-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Aquino Co-Chair; Awa.
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- **2025-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-10** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 634). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-04-08** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
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- **2025-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1987) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2025-03-28** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-28-25 1:59PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-03-27** The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-28-25. `deferral`
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- **2025-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-03-18** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1292), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
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- **2025-03-11** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 117) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-03-04** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2025-02-28** One Day Notice 03-04-25.
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- **2025-02-28** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 853) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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- **2025-02-26** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-20** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-02-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 28) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
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- **2025-01-28** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-01-22** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-01-21** Referred to JDC, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
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- **2025-01-14** Pending Introduction.
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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/c53ebbf4-0753-4fc1-9ce1-d4b39473756e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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