republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2018-regular-session/hb-2149.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO DENTISTRY."
description: "Amends the ethics training requirement for dentists in the continuing education program to be six hours of ethics training within the previous two years for each biennial renewal period. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2149"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2149 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentistry", "Dentists", "Continuing Education", "Ethics", "Board of Dental Examiners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "DECOITE", "EVANS", "ICHIYAMA", "MIZUNO", "Nakashima", "SAIKI", "TAKUMI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f656c3e3-f758-497e-a47d-a8dbb84e1c41"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2149&year=2018"
source_hash: "1700608f524d0fd1fa809a188a0a61f6c5eb8d200968f31ffbabf609228a1387"
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 2149 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO DENTISTRY.

Amends the ethics training requirement for dentists in the continuing education program to be six hours of ethics training within the previous two years for each biennial renewal period. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2149_.HTM)
2. **HB2149_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2149_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **5–0** (fail) · lower
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BELATTI — primary (person)
- DECOITE — primary (person)
- EVANS — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- Nakashima — primary (person)
- SAIKI — primary (person)
- TAKUMI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to HHS, IAC, CPC, referral sheet 8 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on Friday, 02-02-18 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-02-02** The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Belatti, Learmont, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 83-18), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to IAC.
- **2018-02-06** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on IAC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Kong, Souki excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Bill scheduled to be heard by IAC on Wednesday, 02-14-18 9:00AM in House conference room 429.
- **2018-02-14** The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, Choy, Cachola, Fukumoto, Ito, Onishi, Tokioka, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) LoPresti. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Reported from IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 654-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to CPC.
- **2018-02-16** Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, Nakamura, Onishi, Woodson excused (5).
- **2018-02-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-21-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-02-21** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka, Yamane, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1007-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, San Buenaventura, Say, Yamane excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 192). `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-22-18 9:15AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-22** The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 03-28-18 10:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-23** The committee on CPH has rescheduled its decision making to 03-28-18 9:15AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-28** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Espero, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3424) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-06-18.
- **2018-04-06** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 565) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 546).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, Ohno, Takumi Co-Chairs; Choy, Tupola.
- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Ihara, Nishihara.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 785).
- **2018-04-17** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-19** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-20-18 9:05AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-20** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Ohno, Takumi, Choy, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-04-24** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-25** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 666).
- **2018-04-25** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-04-25** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Quinlan excused (2).
- **2018-04-25** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-04-26** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 675).
- **2018-07-11** Act 198, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1307). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-11** Act 198, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1307). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f656c3e3-f758-497e-a47d-a8dbb84e1c41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).