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HI HB 205

died on adjournment

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 205 pass?

No. HI HB 205 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 (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI HB 205 about?

Establishes a payment rate not to exceed cost plus forty per cent for nonprescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, or nonlegend drugs for workers' compensation purposes, subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 205?

MARTEN, SAYAMA, MATAYOSHI and 5 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 205.

Description

Establishes a payment rate not to exceed cost plus forty per cent for nonprescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, or nonlegend drugs for workers' compensation purposes, subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2025-01-16
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • MARTENprimary
  • SAYAMAprimary
  • MATAYOSHIprimary
  • CHUNprimary
  • KITAGAWAprimary
  • LEEprimary
  • M.primary
  • TAKENOUCHIprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-06

    The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

    deferral

  3. 2025-02-04

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-06-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. 2025-01-30

    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, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  5. 2025-01-30

    Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 8) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  6. 2025-01-28

    The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2025-01-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 01-28-25 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  8. 2025-01-21

    Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-01-16

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  10. 2025-01-15

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-01-28 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Sayama: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Garrett: yes
    • Kapela: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=205&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

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