SB 474 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.

Summary

Requires clinical psychologists employed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to obtain licensure within five years from the date of employment. Sunsets on 7/1/2030. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 7, 2025

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SB474 → SB474_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a structured data template, with significant substantive changes to the effective date and sunset provisions. The most important policy change is that clinical psychologists employed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation must now obtain licensure within five years instead of ten years, and the entire Act will sunset on July 1, 2030 instead of 2035. Additionally, the Act's effective date was changed to July 1, 2077, creating a significant delay in implementation.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding licensure requirements for Department of Corrections psychologists was narrowed by reducing the grace period for obtaining licensure from ten years to five years.

TIMELINE

The Act's effective date was changed from immediate approval to July 1, 2077, delaying implementation by over 50 years.

The sunset provision was changed from July 1, 2035 to July 1, 2030, shortening the bill's lifespan by five years.

REQUIREMENT

The licensure deadline for Department of Corrections psychologists was reduced from ten years to five years from the date of employment.

TECHNICAL

The document was converted from a standard legislative format to a structured data template with metadata fields.

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Committee

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 76) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-27-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to PSM, CPN.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

5 primary · 2 co-sponsors