--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND SPOUSAL MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT." description: "Amends section 87A-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exclude medicare reimbursement by the State and counties for the spouses of retired employees hired after 6/30/2023. (HD1)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2023 Regular Session" identifier: "SB 1314" citation: "Hawaii SB 1314 (2023 Regular Session)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hawaii Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund", "Spousal Medicare Part B Premium Reimbursement"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"] version_count: 4 action_count: 31 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2023-01-25" last_action: "2023-06-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72b35149-2f89-4fc2-8f35-3ed5a77015ac" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1314&year=2023" source_hash: "e132f38675e4ea2c9c24868031d01f70edbd2c7b34f679b563137ef3d3b1e567" 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 1314 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND SPOUSAL MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT. Amends section 87A-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exclude medicare reimbursement by the State and counties for the spouses of retired employees hired after 6/30/2023. (HD1) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB1314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1314_.HTM) 2. **SB1314_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1314_HD1_.HTM) 3. **SB1314_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1314_SD1_.HTM) 4. **SB1314_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1314_SD2_.HTM) ## Votes - The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–1** (pass) · upper - Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Reconsider: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - KOUCHI — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-06-01** Act 040, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1140). `became-law` - **2023-06-01** Act 040, on 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1140). `became-law` - **2023-04-19** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2023-04-19** Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 907). `receipt` - **2023-04-19** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Rhoads). Excused, 0 (none). `passage` - **2023-04-18** One Day Notice 04-19-23. - **2023-04-18** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-19-23. - **2023-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-23 in disagreeing to the House amendments. - **2023-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 882). `receipt` - **2023-04-11** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure` - **2023-04-11** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 709). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-04-06** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Hussey-Burdick voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Kapela, Perruso, Poepoe, Tam voting no (5) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2023-04-04** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Hussey-Burdick, La Chica voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kapela, Perruso voting no (2) and Representative(s) Mizuno excused (1). - **2023-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1972) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. - **2023-03-29** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-27** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-29-23 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-03-09** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee` - **2023-02-21** Pass First Reading `reading-1` - **2023-02-17** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 19) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-02-17** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella, Inouye, McKelvey, Rhoads, San Buenaventura . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Kim). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Chang, Lee, Shimabukuro). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2023-02-15** 48 Hrs. Notice 02-17-23. - **2023-02-15** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 359) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). - **2023-02-10** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Wakai. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-07** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-10-23 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. - **2023-02-07** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-02-07** Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 69) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. - **2023-02-03** The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Lee; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Keith-Agaran. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-01-31** The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. - **2023-01-30** Referred to LBT, WAM. `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/72b35149-2f89-4fc2-8f35-3ed5a77015ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).