RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
Summary
Ensures certain benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act are preserved under Hawaii law, including: extending dependent coverage for adult children up to 26 years of age; 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. (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 6, 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
50
Key actions
18
Committee
21
Amendments
2
Jul 6, 2018
Signed into law
Act 111, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212).
upper
Jul 6, 2018
Signed into law
Act 111, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212).
lower
Apr 26, 2018
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 19-18) 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. 19-18).
upper
Apr 23, 2018
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Ichiyama, Kobayashi; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola.
lower
Apr 23, 2018
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, English, Tokuda; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 20, 2018
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-18 10:45AM in conference room 229.
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 10, 2018
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 10, 2018
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 506).
upper
Apr 6, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Apr 4, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto, Holt, Todd.
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Fukumoto, Johanson, C. Lee, Souki, Todd excused (5).
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1315-18), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 20, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, LoPresti, Say, Tokioka, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Johanson, Mizuno, McDermott.
lower
Mar 16, 2018
Committee
Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1177-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Mar 13, 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 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to HHS, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 35
lower
Mar 6, 2018
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 152) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Mar 6, 2018
Upper · Passed
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.
upper
Feb 23, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro.
upper
Feb 20, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-23-18 11:00AM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 6, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Feb 6, 2018
Committee
Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2045) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Jan 31, 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, Espero, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Nishihara.
upper
Jan 25, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-18 9:30AM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 22, 2018
Committee
Referred to CPH, WAM.
upper
Jan 19, 2018
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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