RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
Summary
Ensures certain benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act are preserved under Hawaii law, by prohibiting health insurance entities from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion and prohibiting health insurance entities from using an individual's gender to determine premiums or contributions. (HB2126 HD1)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2018
Last action Feb 14, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
6
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1).
lower
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 427-18), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 12, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ito, McDermott.
lower
Feb 9, 2018
Committee
Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 229-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 6, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Belatti, Learmont, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Jan 26, 2018
Committee
Referred to HHS, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 7
lower
Jan 22, 2018
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 19, 2018
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SY
Scott Y. Nishimoto
DDemocratic
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