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HI HB 2498

enacted

RELATING TO CARE HOMES.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did HI HB 2498 pass?

Yes. HI HB 2498 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-26): Act 146, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247).

What is HI HB 2498 about?

Requires and appropriates funds for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to establish a Central and Leeward Oahu Care Home Community Resilience Pilot Program to assist eligible care home facilities to implement structural and operational resilience improvements. Requires a report to the Legislature. Sunsets on 6/30/2029. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 2498?

CHUN, HARTSFIELD, KAHALOA and 3 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 2498.

Description

Requires and appropriates funds for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to establish a Central and Leeward Oahu Care Home Community Resilience Pilot Program to assist eligible care home facilities to implement structural and operational resilience improvements. Requires a report to the Legislature. Sunsets on 6/30/2029. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-28
Latest action
2026-06-26 — Act 146, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • CHUNprimary
  • HARTSFIELDprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • POEPOEprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-26

    Act 146, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247).

    became-law

  2. 2026-06-26

    Act 146, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-08

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. 2026-05-07

    Transmitted to Governor.

  5. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  6. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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  7. 2026-05-06

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. 2026-05-01

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 3:30 PM; Conference Room 016.

  9. 2026-05-01

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 4:30 PM; Conference Room 016.

  10. 2026-05-01

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:10 PM; Conference Room 016.

  11. 2026-05-01

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:40 PM; Conference Room 016.

  12. 2026-05-01

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Morikawa, Olds, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Marten.

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  13. 2026-05-01

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., Inouye; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  14. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 169-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  15. 2026-05-01

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  16. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 169-26).

  17. 2026-05-01

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26

  18. 2026-04-30

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 1:45PM; Conference Room 016.

  19. 2026-04-29

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 1:45PM; Conference Room 016.

  20. 2026-04-28

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 1:45PM in conference room 016.

  21. 2026-04-27

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-26 1:50PM in conference room 016.

  22. 2026-04-24

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 741).

    receipt

  23. 2026-04-23

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; Lee, C. Co-Chairs; Inouye.

  24. 2026-04-20

    House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Marten, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Olds, Souza.

  25. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  26. 2026-04-16

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599).

    receipt

  27. 2026-04-14

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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  28. 2026-04-10

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  29. 2026-04-10

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 560) in amended form (SD 1).

  30. 2026-04-09

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3627) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  31. 2026-04-09

    One Day Notice 04-10-26.

  32. 2026-04-06

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

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  33. 2026-04-01

    The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-06-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

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  34. 2026-03-30

    Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3231) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  35. 2026-03-30

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  36. 2026-03-30

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  37. 2026-03-23

    The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.

    committee-passage-favorable

  38. 2026-03-20

    The committee(s) on PSM deferred the measure until 03-23-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

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  39. 2026-03-16

    The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 3:15PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  40. 2026-03-10

    Referred to PSM, WAM.

    referral-committee

  41. 2026-03-06

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 113).

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  42. 2026-03-06

    Passed First Reading.

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  43. 2026-03-05

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 833-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  44. 2026-03-05

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  45. 2026-02-27

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  46. 2026-02-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  47. 2026-02-19

    Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 521-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  48. 2026-02-19

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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  49. 2026-02-17

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  50. 2026-02-12

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  51. 2026-02-11

    Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 198-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HSH.

  52. 2026-02-11

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HSH with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  53. 2026-02-06

    The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  54. 2026-02-03

    Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 02-06-26 10:15AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  55. 2026-02-02

    Referred to PBS, HSH, FIN, referral sheet 6

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  56. 2026-01-28

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-06 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Belatti: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes

  • The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-17 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Marten: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hartsfield: not voting

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-02-27 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Todd: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Lee: not voting
    • M.: not voting

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

    2026-03-23 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
    • Inouye: not voting

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-04-06 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Lee: not voting
    • C.: not voting

  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading.

    2026-04-10 · pass · 25-0

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Belatti: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Marten: not voting

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Inouye: yes

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