---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION."
description: "Makes permanent Act 172, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, which: (1) grants employees the right to have a chaperone present during a medical examination relating to a workers' compensation work injury and, with the approval of the examining physician or surgeon, to record the examination; and (2) provides that if an employee or employee's chaperone obstructs the medical examination, the employee's right to worker's compensation shall be suspended until the refusal or obstruction ceases. Effective 6/29/2019. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 390"
citation: "Hawaii HB 390 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' Compensation", "Medical Examination", "Recording Devices", "Chaperone"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ELI", "JOHANSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad2827f8-aead-42f9-9a0a-9fefa92f6624"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=390&year=2019"
source_hash: "b062e1f71daab84ec017e577880bba53949c9d43913a23aba2efaf3c668d684d"
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 390 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Makes permanent Act 172, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, which: (1) grants employees the right to have a chaperone present during a medical examination relating to a workers' compensation work injury and, with the approval of the examining physician or surgeon, to record the examination; and (2) provides that if an employee or employee's chaperone obstructs the medical examination, the employee's right to worker's compensation shall be suspended until the refusal or obstruction ceases. Effective 6/29/2019. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB390** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB390_.HTM)
2. **HB390_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB390_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB390_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB390_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ELI — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — 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 LAB, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 02-07-19 9:30AM in House conference room 309.
- **2019-02-07** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 330) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-02-12** Deferred one day 02-13-19.
- **2019-02-13** 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) Holt, McDermott, Nakamura, Ward excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-22-19 12:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-22** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Todd, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 984), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 170). `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to LCA/CPH, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** The committee(s) on LCA/CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-19 2:45PM in conference room 224.
- **2019-03-19** The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 03-20-19 10:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-03-19** The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Ihara, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** 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, S. Chang, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) J.Keohokalole. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Reported from LCA/CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1512) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2019-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
- **2019-03-22** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-28-19 9:45AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-03-28** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1907) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2019-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 725) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2019-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Johanson, Eli Co-Chairs; Quinlan, Matsumoto.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; Baker, K. Rhoads Co-Chairs; Fevella.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
- **2019-04-24** House Conferee(s) discharged.
- **2019-04-25** Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 866).
- **2019-04-26** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-19.
- **2019-04-30** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 880).
- **2019-04-30** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 882).
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-07-09** Act 201, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09** Act 201, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad2827f8-aead-42f9-9a0a-9fefa92f6624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).