---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO HEALTH."
description: "Amends the definition of \"quality assurance committee\" to include committees established by long-term care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, home care agencies, hospices, and authorized state agencies. Allows for the creation of a quality assurance committee outside of a single health plan or hospital. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2487"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2487 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Quality Assurance Committees", "Definition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAKER", "Gabbard", "Galuteria", "Ihara", "KEITH-AGARAN", "Ruderman", "TOKUDA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fca3fa7-774c-4ce0-89e6-5009b7717b8c"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2487&year=2018"
source_hash: "f1248f1301dbe46f221308d4002a557ba18ca09cc43f8db3eca344bb543c7f8a"
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 2487 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEALTH.

Amends the definition of "quality assurance committee" to include committees established by long-term care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, home care agencies, hospices, and authorized state agencies. Allows for the creation of a quality assurance committee outside of a single health plan or hospital. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2487** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2487_.HTM)
2. **SB2487_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2487_CD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BAKER — primary (person)
- Gabbard — primary (person)
- Galuteria — primary (person)
- Ihara — primary (person)
- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
- Ruderman — primary (person)
- TOKUDA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Referred to HMS/CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Re-Referred to CPH/HMS.
- **2018-01-31** The committee(s) on CPH/HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-18 3:10PM in conference room 016.
- **2018-02-05** The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HMS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Green, S. Chang, Harimoto, Tokuda; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Espero; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Nishihara, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Reported from CPH/HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2106) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
- **2018-02-08** One Day Notice 02-09-18.
- **2018-02-09** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-02-09** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 5). `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** Referred to HHS, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on Thursday, 03-08-18 9:30AM in House conference room 312.
- **2018-03-08** The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Belatti, Learmont, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1149-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2018-03-15** 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) Fukumoto, Har, Hashem, Lowen, McDermott, Nakashima, Souki excused (7). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-20-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-03-20** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, LoPresti, Say, Tokioka, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Johanson, Mizuno, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1318-18), recommending referral to FIN.
- **2018-03-22** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Fukumoto, Johanson, C. Lee, Souki, Todd 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. 1859-18), 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. 458). `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: Mizuno, Takumi, Cullen Co-Chairs; Tupola.
- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Green Co-Chair; S. Chang.
- **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).
- **2018-04-17** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-19** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-20-18 9:05AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-20** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-18 10:45AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-23** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-24** 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, Green, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Takumi, Cullen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 31-18).
- **2018-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 31-18) 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`
- **2018-07-10** Act 136, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-10** Act 136, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fca3fa7-774c-4ce0-89e6-5009b7717b8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).