Legislative record

SB 228STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO EXCITED DELIRIUM.

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)

Voted 4/2/2026

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

31 yea·1 nay·3 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 4/2/2026Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
  2. 4/1/2026House Conferee(s) discharged.
  3. 3/20/2026Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
  4. 3/20/2026Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
  5. 12/8/2025Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
  6. 4/16/2025Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809).
  7. 4/16/2025Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Elefante, Chang Co-Chairs.
  8. 4/15/2025Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).
  9. 4/14/2025House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Poepoe Co-Chairs; Garcia.
  10. 4/8/2025Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774).