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Hawaii 2026

HB 1875

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Abusive Litigation, Covered Entities, Gender-Affirming Health Care Services, Health Carriers, Medical Malpractice Insurance, Protected Health Information, Protections, Reproductive Health Care Services
Introduced / first action
2026-01-23 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Expands the protections established under Act 2, SLH 2023, to include gender-affirming health care services, including clarifying permitted disclosures of protected health information to address changes in federal regulations. Establishes protections against abusive litigation. Prohibits medical malpractice insurers and health carriers from taking certain adverse actions against health care providers solely on the basis that the health care provider provides lawful reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care services. (SD2)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 059, 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159).

    became-law, executive-signature

  2. Act 059, on 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159).

    became-law, executive-signature

  3. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823).

    receipt

  4. Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 815).

    receipt

  5. House agrees to Senate amendment(s).

  6. Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with Representative(s) Kila, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1).

    passage

  7. Transmitted to Governor.

  8. Reconsideration of action taken on 04-16-26.

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

    receipt

  10. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  11. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 4 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella, Gabbard). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  12. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 633) in amended form (SD 2).

  13. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3798) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

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

  15. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Gabbard; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  17. Reported from HHS/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3338) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  19. 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 ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 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, Kanuha, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 03-24-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

    deferral

  22. The committee(s) on HHS/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  23. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 306).

    introduction, receipt

  24. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  25. Referred to HHS/CPN, JDC.

    referral-committee

  26. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Kila, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Kong, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (6) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  27. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1141-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  28. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  29. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Garcia.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  31. Reported from HLT/CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 476-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  32. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Kila, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (6) and none excused (0).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  33. The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Amato.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Kong; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Pierick.

    committee-passage-favorable

  35. This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Monday 02-09-26 2:00PM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  36. Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT/CPC on Wednesday, 02-11-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT/CPC on Monday, 02-09-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  38. Re-referred to HLT/CPC, JHA, referral sheet 5

    referral-committee

  39. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  40. Referred to HLT, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  41. Pending introduction.

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