SB 957 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO OVERDOSE PREVENTION.

Summary

Establishes and provides criteria for overdose prevention centers, including standards for the Department of Health to designate certain facilities as overdose prevention centers. Establishes an Overdose Prevention Center Oversight Committee. Provides immunity from state criminal prosecution for certain offenses for persons using a designated overdose prevention center and persons operating a designated overdose prevention center. Effective 12/31/2050. (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 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB957 → SB957_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative draft to a structured data file format, while the substantive policy content remained largely unchanged. The core provisions establishing overdose prevention centers, defining eligibility criteria, and providing criminal immunity for participants and staff were preserved in the new version.

Scope change

None - the bill's scope and applicability remain the same; only the document format changed from traditional legislative text to a structured data file.

TECHNICAL

Document format changed from traditional legislative text to a structured data file format with metadata headers.

Page numbers and formatting markers were removed in favor of a clean text structure.

Metadata headers were added including bill number, sponsor information, timestamps, and revision numbers.

Section numbering and text formatting were standardized for data processing purposes.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 596) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-25 1:20PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS, WAM/JDC.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

3 primary · 1 co-sponsor