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HI HB 303

died on adjournment

RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTORS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors, including removing "primary care" from the criteria to qualify as a preceptor. Adds dietitians, physician assistants, and social workers to the list of preceptors and eligible students. Expands eligibility for the tax credit to include accredited residency programs that require preceptor support. Adds the Director of Health and representatives of residency programs with eligible students to the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD2)

Introduced
2025-01-17
Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-20 — Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • TAKAYAMAprimary
  • KITAGAWAprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • PIERICKprimary
  • SAYAMAprimary
  • TODDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-20

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

    receipt

  2. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  4. 2025-04-17

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 826).

    receipt

  5. 2025-04-17

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

  6. 2025-04-11

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  7. 2025-04-10

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  8. 2025-04-08

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 616) in amended form (SD 2).

  9. 2025-04-08

    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

  10. 2025-04-04

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

  11. 2025-04-04

    Reported from CPN/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1818) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  12. 2025-04-02

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-04-02

    The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-03-27

    The committee(s) on CPN/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  15. 2025-03-19

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  16. 2025-03-19

    Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1152) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/WAM.

  17. 2025-03-10

    The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-03-06

    The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  19. 2025-03-04

    Referred to HHS, CPN/WAM.

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-04

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  21. 2025-03-04

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 95).

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  22. 2025-02-28

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

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  23. 2025-02-28

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 903), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  24. 2025-02-21

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Lee, M., Alcos, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2025-02-19

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  26. 2025-02-12

    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 Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).

    passage,referral-committee

  27. 2025-02-12

    Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 501) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  28. 2025-02-07

    The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-02-04

    Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-07-25 10:15AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  30. 2025-01-31

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on ECD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Templo, Ward excused (3).

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  31. 2025-01-31

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

  32. 2025-01-29

    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; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-01-23

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 01-29-25 10:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  34. 2025-01-21

    Referred to HLT, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 1

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  35. 2025-01-17

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  36. 2025-01-16

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-01-29 · 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 ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-07 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Matsumoto: yes

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

    2025-02-21 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Holt: not voting
    • Lee: not voting
    • M: not voting
    • Alcos: not voting
    • Ward: not voting

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

    2025-03-10 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Keohokalole: not voting
    • Fevella: not voting

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

    2025-04-02 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes

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

    2025-04-02 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Awa: yes

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2025-04-08 · pass · 25-0

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