---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO COGNITIVE ASSESSMENTS."
description: "Establishes, with certain exceptions, standardized cognitive assessments for qualified Medicare beneficiaries. Establishes a two-year Dementia Data Pilot Program within the Executive Office on Aging to collect and analyze cognitive assessment data. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to report de-identified aggregated data to the Legislature. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 700"
citation: "Hawaii HB 700 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias", "Annual Wellness Visits", "Cognitive Assessments", "Dementia Data Pilot Program", "Executive Office on Aging ($)", "Medicare Beneficiaries", "Reporting Requirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHUN", "GRANDINETTI", "IWAMOTO", "KITAGAWA", "LAMOSAO", "MARTEN", "MATAYOSHI", "MIYAKE", "OLDS", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE", "SAYAMA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAKENOUCHI", "TODD"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c196f902-e01b-4754-9782-cb4f14d6992b"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=700&year=2025"
source_hash: "f209428647fe9c854ad15e53d2aee0f0eca8ab64b6c2f64c13644d97b113fe42"
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 700 (2025) — RELATING TO COGNITIVE ASSESSMENTS.

Establishes, with certain exceptions, standardized cognitive assessments for qualified Medicare beneficiaries. Establishes a two-year Dementia Data Pilot Program within the Executive Office on Aging to collect and analyze cognitive assessment data. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to report de-identified aggregated data to the Legislature. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB700** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB700_.HTM)
2. **HB700_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB700_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB700_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB700_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB700_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB700_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB700_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB700_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CHUN — primary (person)
- GRANDINETTI — primary (person)
- IWAMOTO — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- OLDS — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- SAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-03** Act 286, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1389). `became-law`
- **2025-07-03** Act 286, 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1389). `became-law`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 252).
- **2025-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 252) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Moriwaki, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Marten, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Chun, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-25** Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 879). `receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Senate Conferees Changed: Senator Hashimoto discharged as Chair. Senator San Buenaventura added as Chair.
- **2025-04-24** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 4:30PM in conference room 329.
- **2025-04-24** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 4:30PM in conference room 329.
- **2025-04-22** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 4:30PM in conference room 329.
- **2025-04-21** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 850). `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Senate Conferees Appointed: Hashimoto Chair; Moriwaki, Keohokalole Co-Chairs; Fevella.
- **2025-04-21** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). `receipt`
- **2025-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Marten, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Chun, Garcia.
- **2025-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 663) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2025-04-08** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-04** Reported from WAM/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1836) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2025-04-02** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** The committee(s) on WAM/CPN will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-19** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/CPN. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1145) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/CPN.
- **2025-03-10** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-04** Referred to HHS, WAM/CPN. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 117). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-02-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 951), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-02-21** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Lee, M., Alcos, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-02-12** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Reported from HLT/HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 511) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2025-02-07** The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT/HSH on Friday, 02-07-25 8:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-21** Referred to HLT/HSH, FIN, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c196f902-e01b-4754-9782-cb4f14d6992b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).