republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2017-regular-session/hb-563.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS."
description: "Permits licensed dental hygienists in the State to operate under general, rather than direct, supervision of a licensed dentist in specified circumstances that protect patient health and safety. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "Hawaii HB 563 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dental Hygienists", "Dentists", "Supervision"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "BELATTI", "EVANS", "TAKAYAMA", "TAKUMI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9653f647-3603-49e9-889f-458bbb63302a"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=563&year=2017"
source_hash: "e20377e768afd606cb416929a7b2969bdd0b7b4902d8145b146dcaaebbad3962"
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 563 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS.

Permits licensed dental hygienists in the State to operate under general, rather than direct, supervision of a licensed dentist in specified circumstances that protect patient health and safety. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB563** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB563_.HTM)
2. **HB563_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB563_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **3–0** (fail) · legislature
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- EVANS — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKUMI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Pending introduction.
- **2017-01-23** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to HLT/IAC, CPC, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT/IAC on Tuesday, 02-14-17 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
- **2017-02-14** The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Morikawa, Oshiro, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kobayashi, Tupola; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Har. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, Choy, Cachola, Onishi, Tokioka, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ito, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** Reported from HLT/IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 579) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2017-02-17** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-01-17 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2017-02-24** Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
- **2017-03-01** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Aquino, Ito, Say, Takayama, Todd, Yamane, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 883), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Tupola voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, McDermott excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 113). `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-17 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2017-03-14** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara, Kidani, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1265) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-03-30** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2017-03-30** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-03-17.
- **2017-04-03** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Ruderman, Shimabukuro). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 406) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2017-04-04** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2017-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 398).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Espero, Kidani.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
- **2017-04-24** House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Ohno, Takumi Co-Chairs; Tupola.
- **2017-04-25** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 622).
- **2017-04-25** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-17 4:00PM in conference room 016.
- **2017-04-26** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Ohno, Takumi; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola.
- **2017-04-27** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-04-17.
- **2017-04-28** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 632).
- **2017-04-28** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2017-04-28** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Say voting no (1) and Representative(s) Har, Ing, McDermott, Quinlan, Thielen, Tokioka excused (6).
- **2017-04-28** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 638).
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-07-07** Act 083, on 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-07** Act 083, 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9653f647-3603-49e9-889f-458bbb63302a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).