---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO INSURANCE."
description: "Provides the insurance commissioner express prior approval authority over long-term care insurance rates. Effective 1/1/2018. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 952"
citation: "Hawaii SB 952 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Commissioner", "Prior Approval Authority", "Long-term Care Insurance", "Insurance Rates", "Rate Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
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/677c6c35-6e6f-440e-8584-75ccbc97c54b"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=952&year=2017"
source_hash: "77feeb8787a5edde84824bbd11eb78352e33804a418a827072d873087b322a06"
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 952 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Provides the insurance commissioner express prior approval authority over long-term care insurance rates. Effective 1/1/2018. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB952** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB952_.HTM)
2. **SB952_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB952_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB952_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB952_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — 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`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-27-17 9:30AM in conference room 229.
- **2017-02-27** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 606) 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. 306) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Friday, 03-17-17 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2017-03-17** Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
- **2017-03-17** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Aquino, Ito, Say, Takayama, Todd, Yamane, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1321) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2017-03-24** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-31-17 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-03-31** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1704), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Oshiro, Saiki, Say excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 496). `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: Takumi, Cullen Co-Chairs; Ward.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Espero, Ihara.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
- **2017-04-19** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-20-17 3:00PM in conference room 016.
- **2017-04-20** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-17 3:00PM 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, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Espero. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Cullen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
- **2017-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 6).
- **2017-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 6) 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 151, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-11** Act 151, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/677c6c35-6e6f-440e-8584-75ccbc97c54b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).