HI SB 3203
enactedRELATING TO AIR MEDICAL SERVICES.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Description
Establishes the Statewide Air Medical Services Program within the Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention Systems Branch to coordinate and strengthen air medical services. Establishes the positions of an air medical director, an air medical program manager, and an air medical coordinator. Specifies that annual licensure and accreditation fees are to be deposited into the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund for costs of the program. (CD1)
- Introduced
- 2026-01-28
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-06-04 — Act 084, 06/04/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184).
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-06-04
Act 084, on 06/04/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184).
became-law
2026-06-04
Act 084, 06/04/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184).
became-law
2026-05-08
Enrolled to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-05-08
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 889).
receipt
2026-05-08
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 820).
receipt
2026-05-08
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) San Buenaventura).
passage
2026-05-08
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
passage
2026-05-06
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-08-26.
2026-05-06
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 239-26) as amended in (CD 1).
2026-05-06
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-08-26.
2026-05-06
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 239-26).
2026-05-01
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-01
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-30
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 3:45PM in conference room 329.
2026-04-29
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 4:10PM; Conference Room 329.
2026-04-28
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-29-26 3:15PM; Conference Room 329.
2026-04-27
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839).
receipt
2026-04-24
House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Alcos.
2026-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 742).
receipt
2026-04-23
Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Fevella.
2026-04-16
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).
receipt
2026-04-16
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
amendment-failure
2026-04-16
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 759).
introduction,receipt
2026-04-14
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
passage
2026-04-10
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2093-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2026-04-07
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-02
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-03-30
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-30
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1503-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2026-03-25
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, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-20
Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 03-25-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-03-10
Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 16
referral-committee
2026-03-10
Pass First Reading
reading-1
2026-03-06
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 121).
introduction,receipt
2026-03-06
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.
passage
2026-03-05
One Day Notice 03-06-26.
2026-03-05
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2730) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2026-03-03
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, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-25
The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-03-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
deferral
2026-02-23
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 10:57AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2026-02-18
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-18
Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2344) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
2026-02-13
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
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.
2026-02-02
Referred to HHS, WAM.
referral-committee
2026-01-28
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2026-01-28
Introduced.
introduction
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Votes
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2026-02-13 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- San Buenaventura: yes
- McKelvey: yes
- Kanuha: yes
- Keohokalole: yes
- Fevella: yes
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2026-03-03 · 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
- Lee: yes
- C: yes
- Richards: yes
- Wakai: yes
- Fevella: not voting
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading.
2026-03-06 · pass · 24-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Senator(s: not voting
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-03-25 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Takayama: yes
- Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
- Amato: yes
- Hartsfield: yes
- Marten: yes
- Olds: yes
- Takenouchi: yes
- Alcos: yes
- Garcia: yes
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2026-04-07 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Todd: yes
- Takenouchi: yes
- Hartsfield: yes
- Hussey: yes
- Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
- Kitagawa: yes
- Kusch: yes
- Lee: yes
- M: yes
- Miyake: yes
- Morikawa: yes
- Perruso: yes
- Templo: yes
- Yamashita: yes
- Alcos: yes
- Gedeon: yes
- Reyes Oda: yes
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.
2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (3)
- Takayama: yes
- Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
- Alcos: yes
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-05-01 · pass · 2-0
Member-level votes (3)
- McKelvey: yes
- Kanuha: yes
- Fevella: not voting
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
2026-05-08 · pass · 24-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Senator(s: not voting
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 2508
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