---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO RELATIVE RESOURCE CAREGIVERS."
description: "Clarifies when a relative seeking to be a resource caregiver for a child is entitled to an administrative appeal for the Department of Human Services' denial of a foster home license. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2426"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2426 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Appeal", "DHS", "Family Court", "Foster Homes", "Licensing", "Relatives", "Resource Caregivers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/936f4fd5-a4f3-41ee-8d32-a6fb36569bdf"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2426&year=2024"
source_hash: "cb78d2c86512183303580634ebb116aa01f4d4febd75fa149ff3e4381deb1091"
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 2426 (2024) — RELATING TO RELATIVE RESOURCE CAREGIVERS.

Clarifies when a relative seeking to be a resource caregiver for a child is entitled to an administrative appeal for the Department of Human Services' denial of a foster home license. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2426** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2426_.HTM)
2. **HB2426_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2426_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2426_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2426_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB2426_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2426_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB2426_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2426_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-02** Act 148, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249). `became-law`
- **2024-07-02** Act 148, on 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249). `became-law`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2024-04-22** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782). `receipt`
- **2024-04-19** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia excused (2). `passage`
- **2024-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2024-04-19** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771). `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
- **2024-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 608) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2024-04-09** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-05** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3656) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2024-03-28** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 03-28-24 9:40AM; CR 229. `deferral`
- **2024-03-22** The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-27-24 9:30AM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3193) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
- **2024-03-15** 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, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-24 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to HHS, CPN. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 376). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Martinez, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-05-24.
- **2024-03-01** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 890-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-02-15** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takayama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-15-24 2:02PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-02-12** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Lowen, Nakashima, Quinlan, Todd excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Reported from HUS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 229-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2024-02-06** The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Amato, Belatti, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Takenouchi, Nishimoto, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** Bill scheduled to be heard by HUS on Tuesday, 02-06-24 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-26** Referred to HUS, JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/936f4fd5-a4f3-41ee-8d32-a6fb36569bdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).