---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF SECTION 328-106, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES."
description: "Repeals section 328-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires the Department of Health to regulate business practices between private entities engaged in the selling, billing, and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1381"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1381 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOH", "Maximum Allowable Cost", "Pharmacy Benefit Managers", "Repeal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a80415da-70f1-47dc-a1bd-02e8b5bd775b"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1381&year=2023"
source_hash: "2d7e9982666965f3c16cc7ccffee753e8efcb1ac29c46250f2d96cdc550d67e8"
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 1381 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF SECTION 328-106, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Repeals section 328-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires the Department of Health to regulate business practices between private entities engaged in the selling, billing, and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1381** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1381_.HTM)
2. **SB1381_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1381_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1381_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1381_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB1381_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1381_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC 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) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KOUCHI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-05** Act 207, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). `became-law`
- **2023-07-05** Act 207, on 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). `receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). `receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 2) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2023-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 2).
- **2023-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Sayama, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2023-04-24** 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) Keohokalole, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 829). `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-24-23 2:30PM in conference room 329.
- **2023-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Sayama Co-Chairs; Pierick.
- **2023-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; San Buenaventura Co-Chair; Awa.
- **2023-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 901). `receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 557). `receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 569). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Cochran, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1877), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-03-30** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 03-30-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-24** 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) Ilagan excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1526) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2023-03-22** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Mizuno, Nishimoto, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 03-22-23 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 428) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** One Day Notice 03-07-23.
- **2023-03-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 841) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-03-01** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-01-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-02-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 587) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2023-02-03** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to CPN, JDC. `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/a80415da-70f1-47dc-a1bd-02e8b5bd775b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).