HI SB 2855
died on adjournmentRELATING TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.
Quick answers
Did HI SB 2855 pass?
No. HI SB 2855 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 (2026-02-13): The committee on HHS deferred the measure.
What is HI SB 2855 about?
Beginning 1/1/2027, requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations that issue policies, contracts, plans, or agreements that provide prescription drug coverage to provide coverage for at least one generic opioid antagonist and device.
Who sponsors HI SB 2855?
SAN BUENAVENTURA, CHANG, GABBARD and 1 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 2855.
Description
Beginning 1/1/2027, requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations that issue policies, contracts, plans, or agreements that provide prescription drug coverage to provide coverage for at least one generic opioid antagonist and device.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-23
- Latest action
- 2026-02-13 — The committee on HHS deferred the measure.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary
- CHANGprimary
- GABBARDprimary
- RICHARDSprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-13
The committee on HHS deferred the measure.
deferral
2026-02-09
The committee(s) on HHS has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-13-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2026-02-08
The committee(s) on HHS deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 02-09-26 1:05PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
2026-02-05
The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2026-01-30
Referred to HHS, CPN.
referral-committee
2026-01-26
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2026-01-23
Introduced.
introduction
Versions
- SB2855Compare
Documents
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 1767
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
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 2855. 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.