HB 36 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO EXCITED DELIRIUM.

Summary

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)

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 10, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB36_HD1 → HB36_HD2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from House District 1 to House District 2, reflecting its progression through the legislative process. The core policy text regarding the prohibition of 'excited delirium' as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death remains substantively unchanged, though minor wording adjustments were made to clarify that government entities cannot use the term in official communications. Technical details such as document identifiers, line numbers, and timestamps were updated to reflect the new version of the document.

TECHNICAL

Bill header and version numbers were updated from HD1 to HD2, and associated metadata (dates, line counts) were revised to reflect the new version.

Minor wording adjustments were made to Section 3(d) to clarify that government entities cannot use the term 'excited delirium' in any official capacity or communication.

Section 4 text was slightly altered to remove the instruction about bracketing and striking statutory material, likely as a formatting cleanup for the final version.

The bill identifier at the end of the summary section was updated from (HD1) to (HD2).

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS/PSM, JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 180).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kahaloa.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 322) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HLT, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 10, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors