RELATING TO CHAPTER 457J, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
Summary
Exempts birth attendants practicing on or before 7/1/2025 from licensure requirements, under certain conditions. Expands qualifications for licensure to include the North American Registry of Midwives portfolio evaluation process. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2023
Last action Dec 11, 2023
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Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
2
Committee
6
Feb 17, 2023
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Tam voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1).
lower
Feb 17, 2023
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 742) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Lowen, Onishi, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Tam; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Gates.
lower
Feb 9, 2023
Committee
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 255) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Mizuno, Nishimoto, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Jan 30, 2023
Committee
Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 25, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 23, 2023
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
8 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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