---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE HEALTH CARE PRIVACY HARMONIZATION ACT."
description: "Identifies certain circumstances under which the State has a compelling interest in the disclosure, use, and production of de-identified protected health information under the Health Care Privacy Harmonization Act; provided that the information has been de-identified pursuant to title 45 Code of Federal Regulations part 164. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1171"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1171 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Privacy Harmonization Act", "De-identified Protected Health Information", "Disclosures", "Uses", "and Production"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAKER", "ENGLISH", "KEITH-AGARAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9cec09b-2832-4420-8ba5-93c0dded313a"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1171&year=2017"
source_hash: "b19cc02da4b46a56e20192938d397d9ad295d8edb4db1895e68e48ab478b3c33"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 1171 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE HEALTH CARE PRIVACY HARMONIZATION ACT.

Identifies certain circumstances under which the State has a compelling interest in the disclosure, use, and production of de-identified protected health information under the Health Care Privacy Harmonization Act; provided that the information has been de-identified pursuant to title 45 Code of Federal Regulations part 164. (CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB1171** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1171_.HTM)
2. **SB1171_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1171_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1171_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1171_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- BAKER — primary (person)
- ENGLISH — primary (person)
- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-22-17 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2017-02-22** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara, Kidani; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 603) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2017-03-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-17.
- **2017-03-07** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 355) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to HLT, JUD, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 03-14-17 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
- **2017-03-14** The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Kobayashi, Morikawa, Todd, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Oshiro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1159), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2017-03-21** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 03-29-17 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2017-03-29** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Oshiro, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1565) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-04** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-06-17.
- **2017-04-06** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Oshiro, Saiki, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 508). `introduction`
- **2017-04-07** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2017-04-07** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 540).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, San Buenaventura Co-Chairs; Tupola.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Nishihara.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
- **2017-04-19** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-17 1:00PM in conference room 016.
- **2017-04-21** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-17 1:00PM in conference room 016.
- **2017-04-24** 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) Baker, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, San Buenaventura, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 7).
- **2017-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 7) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2017-05-03** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
- **2017-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-11** Act 157, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-11** Act 157, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9cec09b-2832-4420-8ba5-93c0dded313a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).