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HI SB 1279

died on adjournment

RELATING TO PHARMACISTS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did HI SB 1279 pass?

No. HI SB 1279 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 (2026-04-02): Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

What is HI SB 1279 about?

Authorizes a registered pharmacist under contract with a covered entity for purposes of the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to supervise the filling or receipt of a prescription via telehealth in certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Who sponsors HI SB 1279?

GABBARD, AQUINO, CHANG and 2 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 1279.

Description

Authorizes a registered pharmacist under contract with a covered entity for purposes of the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to supervise the filling or receipt of a prescription via telehealth in certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2025-01-23
Latest action
2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • GABBARDprimary
  • AQUINOprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • FEVELLAprimary
  • SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  2. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  5. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  6. 2025-04-22

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 329.

  7. 2025-04-16

    Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Hashimoto, Fevella.

  8. 2025-04-16

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809).

    receipt

  9. 2025-04-15

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).

    receipt

  10. 2025-04-14

    House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Alcos.

  11. 2025-04-08

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 603).

    introduction,receipt

  12. 2025-04-08

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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  13. 2025-04-08

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774).

    receipt

  14. 2025-04-04

    Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1971), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. 2025-04-04

    Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

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  16. 2025-04-02

    The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Lowen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-03-31

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 04-02-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  18. 2025-03-21

    Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1419) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  19. 2025-03-21

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-19

    The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-03-14

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 03-19-25 9:05AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  22. 2025-03-06

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  23. 2025-03-06

    Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-03-04

    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.

    passage

  25. 2025-03-04

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 291) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction,receipt

  26. 2025-02-27

    Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 741) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  27. 2025-02-27

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  28. 2025-02-20

    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, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-02-14

    Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 516) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

  30. 2025-02-14

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  31. 2025-02-14

    The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-20-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  32. 2025-02-05

    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

  33. 2025-01-31

    The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  34. 2025-01-27

    Referred to HHS, CPN.

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-01-23

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  36. 2025-01-21

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-05 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fevella: not voting
  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-20 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Awa: yes
    • Richards: not voting
  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2025-03-04 · pass · 25-0

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

    2025-03-19 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Takayama: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Garcia: yes
  • The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-04-02 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Pierick: not voting

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