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---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PHYSICIAN."
description: "Amends the definition of \"physician\" in Workers' Compensation Law to include advanced practice registered nurses. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 984"
citation: "Hawaii SB 984 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' Compensation", "Physician"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1122d786-b523-4dac-a198-abdab3a71b0d"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=984&year=2017"
source_hash: "fc1793b45c0eb27261bd1b682c965b8df06c61da91c857f34b8d714ec3de37b4"
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 SB 984 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PHYSICIAN.
Amends the definition of "physician" in Workers' Compensation Law to include advanced practice registered nurses. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB984** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB984_.HTM)
2. **SB984_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB984_CD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **250** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **60** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **40** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **30** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **50** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **40** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **50** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-25** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to JDL/CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** The committee(s) on JDL/CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-27-17 9:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2017-02-27** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27** The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Reported from JDL/CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 613) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
- **2017-03-02** One Day Notice 03-03-17.
- **2017-03-03** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Gabbard). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 66). `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Referred to LAB/HLT, CPC, referral sheet 26 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Re-referred to LAB, CPC, referral sheet 32 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 03-23-17 10:00AM in House conference room 309.
- **2017-03-23** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Keohokalole, Nakashima, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1334) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2017-03-24** 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) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 03-30-17 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2017-03-29** Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
- **2017-03-30** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ito, Say, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Aquino, Yamane, Fukumoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1557), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Har, McKelvey, Oshiro, Say excused (5). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 393). `introduction`
- **2017-04-04** Deferred One Day 04-05-17.
- **2017-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2017-04-06** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 514).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Holt, Takumi Co-Chairs; Yamashita, Matsumoto.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Keith-Agaran Chair; Baker Co-Chair; K. Rhoads.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
- **2017-04-19** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-20-17 1:30PM in conference room 325.
- **2017-04-20** 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) Keith-Agaran, Baker, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Holt, Takumi, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 17).
- **2017-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 17) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Har voting no (1) and none excused (0).
- **2017-05-03** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
- **2017-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-11** Act 153, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-11** Act 153, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1122d786-b523-4dac-a198-abdab3a71b0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).