---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS."
description: "Makes permanent the regulation of athletic trainers. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2053"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2053 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Athletic Trainers", "Regulation", "Sunset Repeal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAKER", "GABBARD", "Galuteria", "INOUYE", "Ihara", "Kim", "Nishihara", "Shimabukuro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ab1b7d3-72c3-4e73-87d9-1a48592852f0"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2053&year=2018"
source_hash: "4a4633c26ce10c63fd21e0745ca460e368f4fa7d40513342ee08c73c92b6cfe7"
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 2053 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS.

Makes permanent the regulation of athletic trainers. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2053** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2053_.HTM)
2. **SB2053_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2053_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2053_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2053_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BAKER — primary (person)
- GABBARD — primary (person)
- Galuteria — primary (person)
- INOUYE — primary (person)
- Ihara — primary (person)
- Kim — primary (person)
- Nishihara — primary (person)
- Shimabukuro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-02-14** 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, Tokuda, S. Chang, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Espero, Ihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2528) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-02-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-02-21** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-01-18.
- **2018-03-01** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Galuteria, Ihara, Riviere). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 30) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2018-03-02** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to IAC, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 35 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Bill scheduled to be heard by IAC on Wednesday, 03-14-18 9:00AM in House conference room 429.
- **2018-03-14** The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, Choy, Cachola, Ito, LoPresti, Onishi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto, Tokioka, Woodson. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Reported from IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1185-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2018-03-16** 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 Representative(s) DeCoite, Fukumoto, Har, Holt, Nakashima, Souki, Tokioka excused (7). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-21-18 2:15PM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-03-21** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Say, Tokioka, Yamane, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1325-18), recommending referral to FIN.
- **2018-03-23** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5).
- **2018-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-28-18 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-03-28** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1858-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Holt, C. Lee, LoPresti, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (6). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 448). `introduction`
- **2018-04-06** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2018-04-06** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 574).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Ohno, Takumi, Cullen Co-Chairs; Ito, Ward.
- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Nishihara, Ruderman.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 786).
- **2018-04-20** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-18 1:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-23** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-18 2:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, Takumi, Cullen, Ito, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 50-18).
- **2018-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 50-18) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2018-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-18.
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-29** Act 058, on 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159). `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-29** Act 058, 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ab1b7d3-72c3-4e73-87d9-1a48592852f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).