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Hawaii 2026

HB 1591

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Dietitians, Director of Health, Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit, Physician Assistants, Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee, Residency Programs, Social Workers
Introduced / first action
2026-01-16 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer‑based supervised clinical training rotation" applicable to the Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors, including removing "primary care" from the criteria to qualify as a preceptor. Adds physician assistants, dietitians, and social workers to the list of preceptors and eligible students. Expands eligibility for the tax credit to include accredited residency programs that require preceptor support. Adds the Director of Health and representatives of residency programs with eligible students to the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:38PM in Conference Room 329.

  2. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 4:30PM in conference room 329.

  3. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-30-26 4:30PM in conference room 329.

  4. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).

    receipt

  5. Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Lamosao, Kanuha Co-Chairs.

  6. House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Alcos.

  7. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  8. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  9. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  10. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  11. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 590) in amended form (SD 2).

  12. Reported from CPN/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3712) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  13. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  14. 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, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., Richards.

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. The committee(s) on CPN/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  17. Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3336) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  19. 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, McKelvey, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.

  21. Referred to HHS, CPN/WAM.

    referral-committee

  22. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 24).

    introduction, receipt

  23. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  24. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 848-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

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

    passage

  26. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M..

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  28. Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 364-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  29. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  30. The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-11-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  32. Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  33. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  34. Prefiled.

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