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Hawaii · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 228: RELATING TO EXCITED DELIRIUM.

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 228 is a bill introduced in the Hawaii Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: RELATING TO EXCITED DELIRIUM. Primary sponsor: Brandon Elefante (Democratic), Stanley Chang (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2025): Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Elefante, Chang Co-Chairs.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a medical examiner, coroner, or health care provider from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brandon ElefantePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Stanley ChangPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate9
Kurt FevellaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Elefante, Chang Co-Chairs.
  2. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809).
  3. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).
  4. House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Poepoe Co-Chairs; Garcia.
  5. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 573).
  6. Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  7. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774).
  8. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
  9. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1784) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  10. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-04-25.
  11. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa.
  12. Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1425) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

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Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source