RELATING TO LICENSING.
Summary
Clarifies that the licensing requirements for hearing aid dealers and fitters shall not apply to audiologists licensed pursuant to chapter 468E, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Clarifies that to be eligible for licensure as an audiologist, a person shall not be required to also be licensed as a hearing aid dealer and fitter. (CD1)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
House Passage
May 2018
Signed into Law
Jul 2018
Introduced Jan 19, 2018
Signed Jul 11, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
45
Key actions
14
Committee
15
Amendments
2
Jul 11, 2018
Signed into law
Act 173, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282).
lower
Jul 11, 2018
Signed into law
Act 173, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282).
upper
Apr 26, 2018
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 17-18) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 26, 2018
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
upper
Apr 26, 2018
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 17-18).
upper
Apr 20, 2018
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Ohno, Takumi, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ito.
lower
Apr 20, 2018
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang.
upper
Apr 19, 2018
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-20-18 9:05AM in conference room 229.
upper
Apr 17, 2018
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
upper
Apr 16, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to HHS, IAC, CPC, referral sheet 57
lower
Apr 6, 2018
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 6, 2018
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 454).
upper
Apr 5, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Holt, C. Lee, LoPresti, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (6). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 28, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Johanson, Mizuno, Say, Yamane, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) LoPresti, Tokioka.
lower
Mar 23, 2018
Committee
Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1477-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Mar 22, 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; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Mar 20, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to HHS, CPC, referral sheet 43
lower
Mar 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to IAC, HHS, CPC, referral sheet 35
lower
Mar 1, 2018
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 32) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Mar 1, 2018
Upper · Passed
Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Galuteria, Ihara, Riviere). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 14, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Espero, Ihara.
upper
Feb 9, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 22, 2018
Committee
Referred to CPH.
upper
Jan 19, 2018
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Donovan Dela Cruz
DDemocratic
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