--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT." description: "Excludes state and county retired employees hired after 6/30/2023, and their spouses from receiving reimbursements for Medicare income-related monthly adjustment amounts as part of their Medicare Part B reimbursement payments. (HD1)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2023 Regular Session" identifier: "SB 1315" citation: "Hawaii SB 1315 (2023 Regular Session)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hawaii Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund Medicare Part B Premium Reimbursement", "Income-related Monthly Adjustment Amount"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"] version_count: 4 action_count: 31 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2023-01-25" last_action: "2023-06-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ceb7a4c-c620-4630-8a47-c7cf47172abc" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1315&year=2023" source_hash: "a218296aae1cf41c3f4fa87462d901ea96d5f4713fec713a803a3005cfd0ca74" 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 1315 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT. Excludes state and county retired employees hired after 6/30/2023, and their spouses from receiving reimbursements for Medicare income-related monthly adjustment amounts as part of their Medicare Part B reimbursement payments. (HD1) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB1315** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1315_.HTM) 2. **SB1315_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1315_HD1_.HTM) 3. **SB1315_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1315_SD1_.HTM) 4. **SB1315_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1315_SD2_.HTM) ## Votes - Reconsider: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–1** (pass) · upper - Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - KOUCHI — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-06-01** Act 041, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1141). `became-law` - **2023-06-01** Act 041, on 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1141). `became-law` - **2023-04-19** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2023-04-19** Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 907). `receipt` - **2023-04-19** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Rhoads). Excused, 0 (none). `passage` - **2023-04-18** One Day Notice 04-19-23. - **2023-04-18** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-19-23. - **2023-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-23 in disagreeing to the House amendments. - **2023-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 882). `receipt` - **2023-04-11** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure` - **2023-04-11** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 710). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-04-06** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Hussey-Burdick voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Kapela, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (4) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2023-04-04** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Hussey-Burdick, La Chica voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kapela, Perruso voting no (2) and Representative(s) Mizuno excused (1). - **2023-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1973) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. - **2023-03-29** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-27** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-29-23 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-03-09** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1` - **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 411) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-03-07** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella, Rhoads). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2023-03-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23. - **2023-03-03** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1033) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). - **2023-03-02** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-28** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-02-23 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. - **2023-02-15** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-02-15** Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 338) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. - **2023-02-10** The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Lee, Ihara, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-07** The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. - **2023-01-30** Referred to LBT, WAM. `referral-committee` - **2023-01-25** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2023-01-25** Introduced. `introduction` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ceb7a4c-c620-4630-8a47-c7cf47172abc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).