HB 702 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Summary

Appropriates funds to increase the funding for Medicaid in-home services, conditioned on the Department of Human Services obtaining the maximum federal matching funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB702 → HB702_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to remove a specific funding dollar amount, replacing it with a placeholder to allow the legislature to determine the exact appropriation later. Additionally, the effective date of the law was drastically changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, which would prevent the funding increase from ever taking effect unless the date is corrected.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding funding is now undefined due to the removal of the specific dollar amount, and its applicability is nullified by the future effective date.

FISCAL

The specific appropriation amount of $16,160,000 was removed and replaced with a blank placeholder, leaving the exact funding level undetermined.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, which would delay the implementation of the funding increase by nearly a millennium.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS, WAM.

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 118).

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 258) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

26 primary · 0 co-sponsors