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Bill	RELATING TO ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS.	Requires association health plan policies to comply with the laws of this State regardless of the association's domicile. Enables certain voluntary associations, including employer associations that issue association health plans, to qualify for authorization to transact insurance in the State. (HB2208 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2018 Regular Session	HB 2208	Hawaii HB 2208 (2018 Regular Session)	bill	Association Health Plan Policies Authorization	enacted	ICHIYAMA TAKUMI	3	41	5	2018-01-22	2018-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/fe8703a2-7810-4fab-a888-402d30b410d6	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2208&year=2018	8eedfb1f8ad225778bf7b62b7f587185945b8f5ae038a27c1d1059a2b5c6f31f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 2208 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS.

Requires association health plan policies to comply with the laws of this State regardless of the association's domicile. Enables certain voluntary associations, including employer associations that issue association health plans, to qualify for authorization to transact insurance in the State. (HB2208 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB2208 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2208_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2208_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
• 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. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
• TAKUMI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-22 Pending introduction.
• 2018-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-26 Referred to HHS, CPC, referral sheet 8 referral-committee
• 2018-02-05 Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on Thursday, 02-08-18 9:00AM in House conference room 329.
• 2018-02-08 The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Belatti, Learmont; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-15 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 532-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2018-02-15 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, Ing, McDermott, Nakamura, Souki, Todd excused (6). reading-2, referral-committee
• 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. 1006-18), 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. 202). introduction
• 2018-03-06 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2018-03-06 Referred to CPH. referral-committee
• 2018-03-09 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2018-03-13 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3430) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2018-04-05 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2018-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-18.
• 2018-04-10 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2018-04-10 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 687) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2018-04-12 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2018-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 608).
• 2018-04-16 House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, Takumi Co-Chairs; Ichiyama, Tupola.
• 2018-04-16 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
• 2018-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Ruderman, Tokuda.
• 2018-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 793).
• 2018-04-19 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-20-18 11:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2018-04-20 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Takumi, Ichiyama, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2018-04-20 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 11-18) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2018-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-01-18.
• 2018-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 11-18).
• 2018-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
• 2018-05-01 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2018-05-01 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2018-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
• 2018-05-02 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2018-05-03 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
• 2018-07-11 Act 199, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). executive-signature
• 2018-07-11 Act 199, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe8703a2-7810-4fab-a888-402d30b410d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).