Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 23, 2025.
Excited Delirium; Prohibition; Cause of Death; Incident Report; Law Enforcement Officers; Evidence.
Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a local health officer or local agent of the Department of Health from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new rule of evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0000-00-00 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-01-23 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-01-23 | Latest Action | Referred to HHS/PSM, JDC. |