---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES."
description: "Abolishes the Community Council on Purchase of Health and Human Services. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 977"
citation: "Hawaii HB 977 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community Council", "Purchases of Health and Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdbbb8b3-8393-4fb3-9599-16ac55d678fd"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=977&year=2023"
source_hash: "d8729f0369a98d55365a26969457964486197763224e80655950344404836190"
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 HB 977 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Abolishes the Community Council on Purchase of Health and Human Services. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB977** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB977_.HTM)
2. **HB977_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB977_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB977_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB977_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Act 044, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144). `became-law`
- **2023-06-01** Act 044, on 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144). `became-law`
- **2023-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 899). `receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem, Quinlan excused (2). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2023-04-28** Deferred one day 05-02-23. `deferral`
- **2023-04-28** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 895). `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
- **2023-04-14** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). `receipt`
- **2023-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 801) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2023-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** One Day Notice 04-11-23.
- **2023-04-06** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1826) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-04-05** 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, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-05-23 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Reported from HHS/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1408) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2023-03-23** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** The committee(s) on HHS/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to HHS/GVO, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 91). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 924), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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`
- **2023-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-27-23 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-17** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1).
- **2023-02-17** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 760), recommending referral to FIN.
- **2023-02-16** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-16-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-08** 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 none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from LGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 196) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2023-02-07** The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Kapela, Martinez, Sayama, Tam, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Bill scheduled to be heard by LGO on Tuesday, 02-07-23 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to LGO, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdbbb8b3-8393-4fb3-9599-16ac55d678fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).