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SCR59HIPassed 2026 Regular Session

Requesting The Governor To Establish Procedures To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Engage In The Practice Of Their Respective Professions In The State Without A Hawaii-issued License During A State Of Emergency.

Last status update Apr 27, 2026

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Requesting The Governor To Establish Procedures To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Engage In The Practice Of Their Respective Professions In The State Without A Hawaii-issued License During A State Of Emergency.

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Legislative path

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  1. Introduced
  2. SD1by PSM

Decision stages

  1. Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs (PSM) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

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

  2. House PBS committee on SD1: Passed, unamended

    8 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  3. House report adoption on SD1: Report adopted

    50 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  4. House HLT committee on SD1: Passed, unamended

    5 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 0 no · 2 excused

  5. House floor on SD1: Passed

    48 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SCR59
MemberPSM
Introduced		Change along the path
Samantha DeCorteSD-022Aye
Carol FukunagaSD-011Aye
Troy HashimotoSD-005Aye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001Aye
Chris LeeSD-025Excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of SCR59
MemberPBS
SD1		Report adoption
SD1		HLT
SD1		Floor
SD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House HLT committee (SD1)
Terez AmatoHD-011ExcusedAyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House HLT committee (SD1)
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeExcused
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeExcusedAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeExcusedAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009ExcusedAyeAye
32 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberPBS
SD1		Report adoption
SD1		HLT
SD1		Floor
SD1		Change along the path
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Michael RatcliffeHD-028AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAye

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

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Legislative history

  1. Offered.

  2. Referred to PSM/CPN.

  3. Re-Referred to PSM.

  4. The committee(s) on PSM added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 04-06-26 3:00PM; CR 016 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Hashimoto, Inouye, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

  6. Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3503) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

  7. One Day Notice 04-09-26.

  8. Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.

  9. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 458) in amended form (SD 1).

  10. Referred to PBS, HLT, referral sheet 28

  11. Resolution scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 04-15-26 10:30AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  12. The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

  13. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2178-26), recommending referral to HLT.

  14. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on HLT with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato excused (1).

  15. Resolution scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday, 04-23-26 8:45AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  16. The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Marten, Olds.

  17. Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2249-26), recommending adoption.

  18. Adopted with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kapela excused (1).

  19. Transmitted to Senate.

  20. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 827).

  21. Resolution adopted in final form.

  22. Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

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