---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS."
description: "Extends the emergency department homelessness assessment pilot program and medical respite pilot program to 06/30/2021. Clarifies the lapse date for encumbered resources for the pilot programs that were previously appropriated pursuant to Act 209, SLH 2018. Effective retroactively to 06/29/2019. (HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 3117"
citation: "Hawaii SB 3117 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Human Services", "Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program", "Medical Respite Pilot Program ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ihara", "Kim", "MORIWAKI", "RIVIERE", "RUDERMAN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2fba0b5-ae0f-4468-a3e4-3551710f0023"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3117&year=2020"
source_hash: "b0e34b316db38f175ab8e08c7238d49a772e9c2eb70bc3ef3250d1f67ff3e7ba"
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 3117 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Extends the emergency department homelessness assessment pilot program and medical respite pilot program to 06/30/2021. Clarifies the lapse date for encumbered resources for the pilot programs that were previously appropriated pursuant to Act 209, SLH 2018. Effective retroactively to 06/29/2019. (HD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB3117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB3117_.HTM)
2. **SB3117_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB3117_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB3117_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB3117_HD2_.HTM)
4. **SB3117_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB3117_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ihara — primary (person)
- Kim — primary (person)
- MORIWAKI — primary (person)
- RIVIERE — primary (person)
- RUDERMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Referred to HMS, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-20 2:50PM in conference room 016.
- **2020-01-31** The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HMS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, K. Rhoads, Ihara, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2373) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2020-02-06** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2020-02-14** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-20-20 10:35AM in conference room 211.
- **2020-02-20** 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, Harimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3189) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2020-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-03-20.
- **2020-03-03** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). 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. 497) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 36 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Friday, 03-13-20 9:00AM in House conference room 329.
- **2020-03-13** The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, Belatti, B. Kobayashi, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Mizuno, Say. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-11** Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1124-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2020-05-11** 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) Thielen excused (1). `reading-2, 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 committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 06-30-20 2:00PM.
- **2020-06-29** Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 06-30-20 2:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2020-06-30** 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, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1263-20) 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. 414). `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 069, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1174). `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-15** Act 069, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1174). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2fba0b5-ae0f-4468-a3e4-3551710f0023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).