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SB1612Introduced in the Senate

Relating To Fitness To Proceed.

EngrossedHouse Health

Introduced by Joy San Buenaventura, District 2

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in partnership with the Department of Health, to establish and implement a five-year Fitness to Proceed Pilot Program in one county of the State. Requires an interim report and final report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Where it stands

Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

December 8, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments · February 28, 2025

10

Yes

0

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

13 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Lorraine Inouye1Yes
Dru Kanuha3Yes
Troy Hashimoto5Yes
Lynn Decoite7Yes
Sharon Moriwaki12Yes
Donna Kim14Absent
Glenn Wakai15Yes
Brandon Elefante16Yes
Donovan Cruz17Yes
Michelle Kidani18Absent

Bill history

  1. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to PSM/HHS, WAM.

  4. The committee(s) on PSM/HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 3:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Rhoads; and 0 Excused: none.

  6. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

  7. Reported from PSM/HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 281) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  8. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

  9. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-25 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  10. Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.

  11. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Lee, C..

  12. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1012) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  13. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  14. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  15. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 379) in amended form (SD 2).

  16. Pass First Reading

  17. Referred to PBS, HLT, FIN, referral sheet 19

  18. Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 03-12-25 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  19. The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Ichiyama, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Souza; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

  20. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1244) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HLT.

  21. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HLT with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).

  22. Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 03-19-25 9:05AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  23. The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

  24. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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