HB 622 Hawaii House · 2023 Regular Session

RELATING TO SUICIDE PREVENTION.

Summary

Establishes a Prevent Suicide Hawai‘i Working Group within the Office of Wellness and Resilience. Requires the working group to focus on preventing suicides in the State, particularly among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, farmers, youth, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and other populations identified by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a high-risk population for suicide; implement recommendations in the Prevent Suicide Hawai‘i Task Force's interim report; and report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2025. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD2)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2023

Committee Review

Apr 2023

House Passage

Mar 2023

Senate Passage

Apr 2023

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2023 Last action Apr 24, 2023

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 13, 2023

Amended

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 11, 2023

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 761) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Apr 11, 2023

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 4, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki, Shimabukuro.

upper

Apr 4, 2023

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 31, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 24, 2023

Committee

Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1347) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.

upper

Mar 20, 2023

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, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 16, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 13, 2023

Committee

Re-Referred to HHS, JDC/WAM.

upper

Mar 10, 2023

Committee

Referred to HHS, JDC.

upper

Mar 9, 2023

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 320).

upper

Mar 7, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 28, 2023

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 16, 2023

Committee

Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Todd excused (1).

lower

Feb 16, 2023

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 525) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 10, 2023

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 7, 2023

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 92) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 1, 2023

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Mizuno, Nishimoto, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Amato.

lower

Jan 27, 2023

Committee

Referred to HLT, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 23, 2023

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 20, 2023

Introduced

Pending introduction.

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors