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SB2088HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Health Care Plans For Workers.

Last status update Mar 10, 2026

What this measure contains

Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, in consultation with the Insurance Commissioner, to establish and implement a five-year voluntary Nontraditional Workforce Portable Health Care Benefit Plan Pilot Program that offers high deductible health plans or catastrophic health plans to nontraditional workers who are ineligible for health benefits provided by the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund or prepaid health care plans under the Prepaid Health Care Act. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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  • HB1545— Same As

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How this measure moved

Legislative path

Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.

  1. Introduced
  2. SD1by LBT
  3. HD1by LAB

Companion measure: HB1545. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Labor and Technology (LBT) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  2. Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN) on SD1: Passed, unamended

    3 aye · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call

  3. Ways and Means (WAM) on SD1: Passed, unamended

    12 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  4. Senate third reading on SD1: Passed

    25 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  5. House LAB committee on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    4 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused

  6. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    48 aye · 1 no · 1 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB2088
MemberLBT
Introduced		CPN
SD1		WAM
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023ExcusedAye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007AyeAye
Donovan CruzSD-017AyeAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016AyeAyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020AyeExcusedAye
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeAye
Troy HashimotoSD-005AyeAye
Les IharaSD-010AyeAye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001AyeAye
Dru KanuhaSD-003AyeAye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024AyeAye
Michelle KidaniSD-018AyeAye
Donna KimSD-014AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeExcusedAye
Chris LeeSD-025AyeAye
Angus McKelveySD-006AyeAye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012AyeAyeAye
Tim RichardsSD-004AyeAye
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAye
6 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberLBT
Introduced		CPN
SD1		WAM
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Stanley ChangSD-009Aye
Samantha DeCorteSD-022Aye
Mike GabbardSD-021Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Karl RhoadsSD-013Aye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of SB2088
MemberLAB
SD1		Second reading
HD1		Change along the path
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033Aye*AyeDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047Excused
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040ExcusedAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032No
42 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberLAB
SD1		Second reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041Aye
Terez AmatoHD-011Aye
Della au BelattiHD-026Aye
Cory ChunHD-035Aye
Elle CochranHD-014Aye
Luke EvslinHD-016Aye
Diamond GarciaHD-042Aye
Joe GedeonHD-018Aye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020Aye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036Aye
Mark HashemHD-019Aye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029Aye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031Aye
Greggor IlaganHD-004Aye
Kim IwamotoHD-025Aye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006Aye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002Aye
Darius KilaHD-044Aye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048Aye
Matthias KuschHD-001Aye
Trish La ChicaHD-037Aye
Nicole LowenHD-007Aye
Lisa MartenHD-051Aye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049Aye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038Aye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010Aye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017Aye
Chris MuraokaHD-045Aye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015Aye
Ikaika OldsHD-023Aye
Amy PerrusoHD-046Aye
Elijah PierickHD-039Aye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013Aye
Kanani SouzaHD-043Aye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034Aye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027Aye
Adrian TamHD-024Aye
David TarnasHD-008Aye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030Aye
Chris ToddHD-003Aye
Justin WoodsonHD-009Aye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012Aye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Pending Introduction.

  2. Introduced and passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to LBT, WAM/CPN.

  4. The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Ihara, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  6. Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2117) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/CPN.

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

  8. The committee(s) on WAM/CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-03-26 10:16AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  9. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao, Awa.

  10. 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.

  11. Reported from WAM/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2988) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  12. One Day Notice 03-10-26.

  13. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  14. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 164) in amended form (SD 1).

  15. Pass First Reading

  16. Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 17

  17. Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-17-26 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  18. The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Reyes Oda.

  19. Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1263-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  20. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Shimizu voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

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