---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO SPEECH PATHOLOGY."
description: "Establishes a provisional license for speech pathologists. Takes effect on 01/01/2022. (HB252 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Hawaii HB 252 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Speech Pathology", "Speech Pathologists", "Licensure", "Provisional License"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "BROWER", "DeCoite", "Hashimoto", "ICHIYAMA", "MIZUNO", "MORIKAWA", "Matayoshi", "OHNO", "San Buenaventura", "Takayama"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32f75a64-d398-42c4-bc4e-ce0e9b555b33"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=252&year=2019"
source_hash: "d299bc52263a1698795220d17d547fbabb71a21d8fc088c8989def6a42f879c6"
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 HB 252 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO SPEECH PATHOLOGY.

Establishes a provisional license for speech pathologists. Takes effect on 01/01/2022. (HB252 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB252** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB252_.HTM)
2. **HB252_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB252_CD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BELATTI — primary (person)
- BROWER — primary (person)
- DeCoite — primary (person)
- Hashimoto — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- Matayoshi — primary (person)
- OHNO — primary (person)
- San Buenaventura — primary (person)
- Takayama — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to HLT/IAC, CPC, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT/IAC on Tuesday, 02-12-19 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
- **2019-02-12** The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Belatti, San Buenaventura, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Nakamura, Say, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, D. Kobayashi, Gates, Kong, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Reported from HLT/IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 431), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2019-02-14** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, Nakamura excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-20-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2019-02-20** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Belatti, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Mizuno. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 872), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 21). `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-03-14** 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, S. Chang, Nishihara, Ruderman, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) J.Keohokalole, L. Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1773) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-04-03** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-04-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 667) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-04-09** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 719).
- **2019-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, Ohno, Takumi Co-Chairs; Morikawa, Ward.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 814).
- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Fevella.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-19 3:00PM in conference room 229.
- **2019-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Ohno, Takumi, Morikawa, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-23** 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, S. Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 42) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 42).
- **2019-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-07-09** Act 235, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1337). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09** Act 235, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1337). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32f75a64-d398-42c4-bc4e-ce0e9b555b33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).