Bill Commons

HI SB 1243

died on adjournment

RELATING TO FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did HI SB 1243 pass?

No. HI SB 1243 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI SB 1243 about?

Allows foreign medical school graduates applying for a license to practice medicine and surgery to substitute one year of required medical training or experience in a hospital with one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)

Who sponsors HI SB 1243?

SAN BUENAVENTURA is the primary sponsor of HI SB 1243.

Description

Allows foreign medical school graduates applying for a license to practice medicine and surgery to substitute one year of required medical training or experience in a hospital with one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)

Introduced
2025-01-23
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-10

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN.

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-10

    Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 150) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

  4. 2025-01-31

    The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-01-28

    The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 1:34PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  6. 2025-01-27

    Referred to HHS, CPN.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-01-23

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  8. 2025-01-21

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-01-31 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fevella: not voting

Related bills

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1243&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=HI&identifier=SB 1243. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.