Bill Commons

HI HB 1976

died on adjournment

RELATING TO DEMENTIA.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did HI HB 1976 pass?

No. HI HB 1976 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 (2026-05-01): Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 329.

What is HI HB 1976 about?

Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, fire chiefs, Law Enforcement Standards Board, and Department of Health to make available at least one hour of dementia‑specific training for first responders, including law enforcement officers, fire first responders, and emergency medical services personnel. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to take certain steps when reviewing and recommending dementia-specific training curricula. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 1976?

CHUN, AMATO, BELATTI and 32 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1976.

Description

Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, fire chiefs, Law Enforcement Standards Board, and Department of Health to make available at least one hour of dementia‑specific training for first responders, including law enforcement officers, fire first responders, and emergency medical services personnel. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to take certain steps when reviewing and recommending dementia-specific training curricula. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Introduced
2026-01-26
Latest action
2026-05-01 — Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 329.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • CHUNprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • GARRETTprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • HARTSFIELDprimary
  • HASHEMprimary
  • ICHIYAMAprimary
  • ILAGANprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KAPELAprimary
  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • LA CHICAprimary
  • LEEprimary
  • M.primary
  • LOWENprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MATAYOSHIprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • MORIKAWAprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • REYES ODAprimary
  • SAYAMAprimary
  • SHIMIZUprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • TAKAYAMAprimary
  • TAKENOUCHIprimary
  • TAMprimary
  • TEMPLOprimary
  • YAMASHITAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-01

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 329.

  2. 2026-04-30

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 3:45PM in conference room 329.

  3. 2026-04-28

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 4:00PM in conference room 329.

  4. 2026-04-27

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-26 3:45PM in conference room 329.

  5. 2026-04-23

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).

    receipt

  6. 2026-04-22

    Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Fukunaga, Moriwaki Co-Chairs.

  7. 2026-04-20

    House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Belatti, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Garcia.

  8. 2026-04-20

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

    receipt

  9. 2026-04-16

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

    receipt

  10. 2026-04-14

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  11. 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

  12. 2026-04-10

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 542) in amended form (SD 1).

  13. 2026-04-09

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3629) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  14. 2026-04-09

    One Day Notice 04-10-26.

  15. 2026-04-07

    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..

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2026-04-02

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  17. 2026-03-30

    Reported from HHS/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3307) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  18. 2026-03-30

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  19. 2026-03-23

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

  20. 2026-03-23

    The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., Hashimoto, Inouye, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2026-03-17

    The committee(s) on HHS/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 2:45PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  22. 2026-03-10

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 174).

    introduction,receipt

  23. 2026-03-10

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  24. 2026-03-10

    Referred to HHS/PSM, WAM.

    referral-committee

  25. 2026-03-06

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 975-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  26. 2026-03-06

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  27. 2026-03-04

    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; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2026-03-02

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-04-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. 2026-02-18

    Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 395-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  30. 2026-02-18

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

    passage,referral-committee

  31. 2026-02-11

    The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2026-02-06

    Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 48-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to PBS.

  33. 2026-02-06

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

    reading-2,referral-committee

  34. 2026-02-06

    Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 02-11-26 8:40AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  35. 2026-02-04

    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

  36. 2026-01-30

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. 2026-01-28

    Referred to HLT, PBS, FIN, referral sheet 3

    referral-committee

  38. 2026-01-26

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  39. 2026-01-23

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-02-04 · 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 PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-02-11 · pass · 9-0

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

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

    2026-03-04 · 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 committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-23 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fevella: yes

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

    2026-03-23 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • DeCorte: yes

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

    2026-04-07 · 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

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