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Hawaii 2026

SB 2261

RELATING TO HEALTH.

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

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Appropriation ($), Grant, Huli Au Ola, Molokai, Physician and Dentist Retention, Report, Study
Introduced / first action
2026-01-15 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Requires Huli Au Ola to conduct a study on physician and dentist recruitment and retention to be located on and serve the island of Molokai. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Kidani Co-Chair; DeCorte.

  2. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718).

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  3. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 640).

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  4. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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  5. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

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  6. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

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  7. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2103-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  8. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.

  9. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  10. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  11. Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1349-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  12. 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 Representative(s) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).

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  13. 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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  14. Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 03-20-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  15. Pass First Reading

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  16. Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 16

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  17. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.

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  18. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 45) in amended form (SD 1).

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  19. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2860) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  20. One Day Notice 03-06-26.

  21. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

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  22. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-03-26 10:17AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  23. Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2578) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

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  25. The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Fukunaga.

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  26. The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 1:02PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

  27. Referred to EDU, WAM.

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  28. Introduced and passed First Reading.

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  29. Pending Introduction.

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