---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL BENEFITS."
description: "Expands workers' compensation medical benefits for firefighters to include coverage for breast cancer and cancer of the female reproductive organs. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1889"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1889 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cancer", "Firefighters", "Hawaiʻi State Fire Council Package", "Workers' Compensation Medical Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e682b4be-922e-42e4-8117-dca0f771502e"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1889&year=2024"
source_hash: "3a56c047699e1b37a141fb137752a6e73d99d9ae6cfe5e255c4b380fa9f50974"
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 1889 (2024) — RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL BENEFITS.

Expands workers' compensation medical benefits for firefighters to include coverage for breast cancer and cancer of the female reproductive organs. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1889** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1889_.HTM)
2. **HB1889_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1889_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1889_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1889_SD1_.HTM)
4. **HB1889_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1889_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- Reconsider: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on LBT 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.

- **2024-06-28** Act 101, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1202). `became-law`
- **2024-06-28** Act 101, on 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1202). `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.
- **2024-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 677). `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Wakai, Rhoads, DeCoite Co-Chairs; Fevella.
- **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. 527) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2024-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-05** Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3653) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2024-03-28** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha, Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-28-24 9:45AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-20** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Reported from LBT/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3157) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
- **2024-03-15** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Moriwaki, Ihara, Lee; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** The committee(s) on LBT/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-24 3:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to LBT/PSM, JDC/WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 104). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Quinlan, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 812-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-02-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-27-24 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-02-06** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kapela, Nakashima, Ward excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Reported from LGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 108-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2024-02-01** The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Kapela, Martinez, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Alcos. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by LGO on Thursday, 02-01-24 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to LGO, FIN, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e682b4be-922e-42e4-8117-dca0f771502e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).