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HI HB36
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gregg Takayama
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AI Summary
- Prohibits "excited delirium" from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in Hawaii
- Medical examiners, coroners, and health care providers cannot document, testify to, or list excited delirium as a cause of death on death certificates or reports
- Law enforcement officers are prohibited from using the term "excited delirium" to describe individuals in incident reports, though they may describe specific behavioral characteristics
- Creates a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence barring admission of evidence that a person suffered excited delirium in any civil action
- Defines "excited delirium" to include related terms such as excited delirium syndrome, hyperactive delirium, agitated delirium, and exhaustive mania—conditions not recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Legislative Description
Relating To Excited Delirium.
Law Enforcement Officers
Last Action
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
12/8/2025
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services3/6/2025
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs2/11/2025
Health1/21/2025
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