SB 3239 Hawaii Senate · 2024 Regular Session

RELATING TO MEDICAL DEBT.

Summary

Requires the Office of Wellness and Resilience to establish a Medical Debt Forgiveness Working Group to study the feasibility of developing, implementing, and executing a program for the State to acquire and forgive outstanding medical debt of Hawaiʻi residents. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2024

Committee Review

Mar 2024

Senate Passage

Mar 2024

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 24, 2024 Last action Mar 22, 2024

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 22, 2024

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Martinez, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (3).

lower

Mar 22, 2024

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1335-24), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 21, 2024

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Amato, Hashem, Gates, Onishi; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima, Belatti, Hussey-Burdick, Lowen, Tam.

lower

Mar 14, 2024

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1098-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Mar 13, 2024

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Marten; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto.

lower

Mar 7, 2024

Committee

Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 16

lower

Mar 5, 2024

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 310) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 5, 2024

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 28, 2024

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 26, 2024

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-24 10:01AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 15, 2024

Committee

Reported from HHS/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2448) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 12, 2024

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey.

upper

Feb 12, 2024

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 8, 2024

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-24 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 29, 2024

Committee

Referred to HHS/CPN, WAM.

upper

Jan 24, 2024

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors