Bill Commons

HI SB 3025

enacted

RELATING TO MEDICAL DEBT.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did HI SB 3025 pass?

Yes. HI SB 3025 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-10): Act 220, 07/09/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322).

What is HI SB 3025 about?

Requires the Office of Wellness and Resilience to develop, implement, and administer a Medical Debt Acquisition and Forgiveness Program to acquire and forgive outstanding medical debt for residents of the State, subject to the availability of program funds. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI SB 3025?

LEE, C., KEOHOKALOLE are the primary sponsors of HI SB 3025.

Description

Requires the Office of Wellness and Resilience to develop, implement, and administer a Medical Debt Acquisition and Forgiveness Program to acquire and forgive outstanding medical debt for residents of the State, subject to the availability of program funds. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-23
Latest action
2026-07-10 — Act 220, 07/09/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • LEEprimary
  • C.primary
  • KEOHOKALOLEprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-10

    Act 220, 07/09/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322).

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-10

    Act 220, on 07/09/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-08

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. 2026-05-08

    Enrolled to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  6. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1).

    passage

  7. 2026-05-06

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. 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, Lee, C.; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-05-01

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Matayoshi, Hartsfield; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.

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  10. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 205-26).

  11. 2026-05-01

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  12. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 205-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  13. 2026-05-01

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  14. 2026-04-30

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 2:00PM in conference room 329.

  15. 2026-04-29

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 2:00PM in conference room 329.

  16. 2026-04-28

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 2:00PM in conference room 329.

  17. 2026-04-24

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 742).

    receipt

  18. 2026-04-24

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 2:00PM in conference room 329.

  19. 2026-04-23

    Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Lee, C. Co-Chairs; Fevella.

  20. 2026-04-20

    House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Matayoshi, Hartsfield Co-Chairs; Garcia.

  21. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    receipt

  22. 2026-04-16

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 728).

    introduction,receipt

  23. 2026-04-16

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  24. 2026-04-16

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  25. 2026-04-14

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

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  26. 2026-04-10

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2098-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  27. 2026-04-10

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.

  28. 2026-04-07

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2026-04-02

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  30. 2026-03-30

    Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1539-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  31. 2026-03-30

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Pierick voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Shimizu voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).

    passage,referral-committee

  32. 2026-03-25

    The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Pierick; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2026-03-23

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  34. 2026-03-19

    Reported from HSH/HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1244-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  35. 2026-03-19

    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 none excused (0).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  36. 2026-03-17

    The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2026-03-17

    The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.

    committee-passage-favorable

  38. 2026-03-12

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  39. 2026-03-12

    Referred to HSH/HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 17

    referral-committee

  40. 2026-03-12

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH/HLT on Tuesday, 03-17-26 10:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  41. 2026-03-10

    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

  42. 2026-03-10

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 344) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction,receipt

  43. 2026-03-06

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2952) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  44. 2026-03-06

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.

  45. 2026-03-03

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

  46. 2026-02-27

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-03-26 10:17AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  47. 2026-02-20

    Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2574) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  48. 2026-02-20

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  49. 2026-02-18

    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, McKelvey, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole.

    committee-passage-favorable

  50. 2026-02-13

    The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  51. 2026-01-30

    Referred to HHS, WAM.

    referral-committee

  52. 2026-01-26

    Passed First Reading.

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  53. 2026-01-23

    Introduced.

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Votes

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

    2026-02-18 · pass · 4-0

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

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

    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, as amended (SD 2).

    2026-03-10 · pass · 25-0

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

    2026-03-17 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Marten: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Alcos: not voting

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

    2026-03-17 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Takayama: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Alcos: not voting

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

    2026-03-25 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Pierick: yes

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

    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
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Gedeon: yes

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Marten: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Garcia: not voting

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 2-0

    Member-level votes (4)
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Fevella: not voting

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