---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES."
description: "Replaces the Adjutant General on the Hawaii Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee with the Administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1752"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1752 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adjutant General", "Administrator", "Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee", "HI-EMA", "Membership"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "SOUZA"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e5aa6db-1242-40e6-9839-90eb1f76af40"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1752&year=2026"
source_hash: "083b2799e539f3478bdf3bf98adcb513fce7e8a986f7328fdc80d8d7cfbd3de6"
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 1752 (2026) — RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Replaces the Adjutant General on the Hawaii Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee with the Administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1752** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1752_.HTM)
2. **HB1752_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1752_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1752_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1752_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB1752_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1752_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BELATTI — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-04** Act 069, on 06/03/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1169). `became-law`
- **2026-06-04** Act 069, 06/03/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1169). `became-law`
- **2026-04-30** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2026-04-29** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 794). `receipt`
- **2026-04-30** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 878). `receipt`
- **2026-04-29** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani. `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Takayama excused (1). `passage`
- **2026-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-29-26
- **2026-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 1-26).
- **2026-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-29-26.
- **2026-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 1-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2026-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Tarnas, Iwamoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Souza.
- **2026-04-23** 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) Fukunaga, San Buenaventura, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-22** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-23-26 3:35PM in conference room 016.
- **2026-04-21** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 717). `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; San Buenaventura Co-Chair; Hashimoto.
- **2026-04-20** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Iwamoto, Souza.
- **2026-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). `receipt`
- **2026-04-16** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-14** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 619) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2026-04-14** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2026-04-10** One Day Notice 04-14-26.
- **2026-04-10** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3789) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-04-07** 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, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-30** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3289) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2026-03-25** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, Inouye. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-19** Re-Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Referred to HHS/PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 282). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
- **2026-03-06** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1144-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-02-24** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Garcia. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-03** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2-26), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2026-01-30** The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 01-30-26 11:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-01-26** Referred to PBS, JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-01-21** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e5aa6db-1242-40e6-9839-90eb1f76af40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).