republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2017-regular-session/hb-91.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO INSURANCE."
description: "Clarifies that acute care hospitals are covered under the State's clean claims statute. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 91"
citation: "Hawaii HB 91 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Acute Care Hospitals", "Health Care Facility", "Clean Claims", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "DECOITE", "EVANS", "HASHEM", "ITO", "KOBAYASHI", "LOPRESTI", "MCKELVEY", "MORIKAWA", "NAKASHIMA", "ONISHI", "OSHIRO", "San Buenaventura", "TAKAYAMA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ffd7c21-6461-419a-ba3f-50e8c55e046e"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=91&year=2017"
source_hash: "87da5b10f831930ee7e249a032d38e5c57ce4eaae7e749079c073e8746114d6d"
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 91 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Clarifies that acute care hospitals are covered under the State's clean claims statute. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB91** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB91_.HTM)
2. **HB91_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB91_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- BELATTI — primary (person)
- DECOITE — primary (person)
- EVANS — primary (person)
- HASHEM — primary (person)
- ITO — primary (person)
- KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
- LOPRESTI — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- ONISHI — primary (person)
- OSHIRO — primary (person)
- San Buenaventura — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Pending introduction.
- **2017-01-19** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday, 02-09-17 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
- **2017-02-08** Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
- **2017-02-09** The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Kobayashi, Har, Morikawa, Oshiro, Todd, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 283), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2017-02-14** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-22-17 2:01PM in House conference room 329.
- **2017-02-22** The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-02-17.
- **2017-02-23** Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 03-02-17 2:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-03-02** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Ito, Say, Takayama, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Aquino, Fukumoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1060) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-17.
- **2017-03-07** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 217). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** 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. 1263) 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. 401) 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; S. Chang, Ihara.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
- **2017-04-25** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-04-17.
- **2017-04-26** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 625).
- **2017-04-26** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har excused (1).
- **2017-04-27** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 629).
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-07-07** Act 090, on 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1191). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-07** Act 090, 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1191). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ffd7c21-6461-419a-ba3f-50e8c55e046e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).