---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CHILD CARE."
description: "Clarifies certain requirements regarding licensure of child care facilities, including exemptions from licensure, health and safety standards, and investigations of violations. (HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2894"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2894 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Care", "Child Care Facilities", "Licensure Exemptions", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98522db6-0ddc-4aef-81d3-91ee6903c57c"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2894&year=2020"
source_hash: "6f2913dd135cfcf900cb17003bc41f0b86aff584423716e15d78c4fa0e06e176"
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 2894 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CHILD CARE.

Clarifies certain requirements regarding licensure of child care facilities, including exemptions from licensure, health and safety standards, and investigations of violations. (HD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2894** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2894_.HTM)
2. **SB2894_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2894_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2894_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2894_HD2_.HTM)
4. **SB2894_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2894_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on HSH 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

## Sponsors

- KOUCHI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Referred to HMS/CPH, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** The committee(s) on HMS/CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-20 2:45PM in conference room 016.
- **2020-02-05** The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, K. Rhoads, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Riviere, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) L. Thielen, Wakai, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Reported from HMS/CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2479) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2020-02-11** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
- **2020-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-25-20 12:15PM in conference room 016.
- **2020-02-25** 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) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3126) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-28** One Day Notice 03-03-20.
- **2020-03-03** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 423) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Referred to HSH, CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 36 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Wednesday, 03-11-20 10:00AM in House conference room 329.
- **2020-03-11** The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, Belatti, B. Kobayashi, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1047-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC/JUD.
- **2020-03-13** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC/JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Gates, McDermott, Thielen excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24** Re-referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 49 `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-26** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 06-29-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2020-06-29** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1262-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-07-02** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Monday, 07-06-20.
- **2020-07-06** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2020-07-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 410). `introduction`
- **2020-07-08** Deferred One Day 07-10-20.
- **2020-07-10** Senate agrees with House amendments; passed Final Reading, as amended. Ayes, 25. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).
- **2020-07-10** Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 633).
- **2020-07-15** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-09-15** Act 066, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1171). `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-15** Act 066, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1171). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98522db6-0ddc-4aef-81d3-91ee6903c57c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).