--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO THE STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL." description: "Reduces the number of members on the State Rehabilitation Council from twenty-one to fifteen. Authorizes the State Rehabilitation Council to establish a quorum and conduct business without regard to vacancies." jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2023 Regular Session" identifier: "SB 313" citation: "Hawaii SB 313 (2023 Regular Session)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Membership", "Quorum", "State Rehabilitation Council"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["SAN BUENAVENTURA"] version_count: 1 action_count: 27 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2023-01-19" last_action: "2023-04-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91114a77-4db2-4a65-994e-8e98c8a6a754" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=313&year=2023" source_hash: "bcbb56f9eb632ec007f511348ee864902e6eac54bb90b32ff4196f41ddbdf36b" 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 313 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL. Reduces the number of members on the State Rehabilitation Council from twenty-one to fifteen. Authorizes the State Rehabilitation Council to establish a quorum and conduct business without regard to vacancies. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB313_.HTM) ## Votes - The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-04-20** Act 015, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). `became-law` - **2023-04-19** Act 015, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). `became-law` - **2023-03-31** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2023-03-31** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 478). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-03-30** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, Ilagan, Sayama, Woodson excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2023-03-30** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1789), recommending passage on Third Reading. - **2023-03-24** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Kong. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-24-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-03-21** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-03-21** Reported from HUS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1344), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. - **2023-03-14** The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Amato, Belatti, Ilagan, Takenouchi, Nishimoto, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kobayashi. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by HUS on Tuesday, 03-14-23 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-03-09** Referred to HUS, JHA , referral sheet 17 `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1` - **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 130). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-03-07** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara. 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. 998) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. - **2023-02-23** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-23-23 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2023-02-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-02-17** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 510) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC. - **2023-02-15** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-10** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-15-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference. - **2023-01-25** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee` - **2023-01-19** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2023-01-19** Introduced. `introduction` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91114a77-4db2-4a65-994e-8e98c8a6a754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).