HB 553 Hawaii House · 2018 Regular Session

RELATING TO CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS' FITNESS TO PROCEED.

Summary

Provides that the court may appoint one qualified examiner instead of three, to evaluate a criminal defendant's fitness to proceed or regaining fitness to proceed in all penal cases and removes the requirement that examiner shall be from within the Department of Health. On July 1, 2022, the requirement shall be three qualified examiners for felony cases and one examiner in non-felony cases. One of the examiners shall be from within the Department of Health. (HB553 HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2017

Committee Review

Jan 2018

House Passage

Mar 2017

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2017 Last action Jan 17, 2018

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jan 17, 2018

Committee

Re-Referred to CPH, JDC.

upper

Mar 10, 2017

Committee

Re-Referred to CPH, JDL.

upper

Mar 9, 2017

Committee

Referred to JDL, CPH.

upper

Mar 9, 2017

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 271).

upper

Mar 7, 2017

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Thielen, Tupola, Ward voting no (3) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 7, 2017

Lower · Passed

The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Nakashima, Oshiro, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Thielen; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 25, 2017

Committee

Referred to JUD, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 20, 2017

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors