Hawaii House Bill 1556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-28 - Referred to PVM, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
Pending: House Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Prohibits a court from committing a defendant to a suitable facility for a mental health examination for more than 30 days. Provides that if the required examinations cannot be conducted within 30 days, the court shall determine whether the defendant is eligible for supervised pretrial release or should be remanded to the custody of the Department of Public Safety. Provides that the court has continuing discretion to approve any agreement or stipulation of the parties to determine the fitness of a defendant to proceed with less than the number of required examinations.

Relating To Mental Health Examinations.

Sen. Joy San Buenaventura [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-28	House	Referred to PVM, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
2019-01-24	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

HB1556 (Carry Over) 2019-01-28 - Referred to PVM, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1556&year=2019
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1556_.HTM