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Bill RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS. Removes the cap on the number of epidemiologists that the Department of Health may employ. (HB2493 HD2) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2018 Regular Session HB 2493 Hawaii HB 2493 (2018 Regular Session)
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MIZUNO
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NAKAMURA
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Hawaii HB 2493 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS.

Removes the cap on the number of epidemiologists that the Department of Health may employ. (HB2493 HD2)

Version chain

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

  1. HB2493 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB2493_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 130 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 100 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • BELATTI — primary (person)
  • C. LEE — primary (person)
  • CREAGAN — primary (person)
  • KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
  • MIZUNO — primary (person)
  • MORIKAWA — primary (person)
  • NAKAMURA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-23 Pending introduction.
  • 2018-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-29 Referred to HHS, FIN, referral sheet 9 referral-committee
  • 2018-02-06 Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on Friday, 02-09-18 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
  • 2018-02-09 The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Learmont; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Tupola. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-14 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 415-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2018-02-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2018-02-16 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-21-18 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
  • 2018-02-21 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Keohokalole, Tupola. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-02 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1053-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2018-03-02 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-06-18.
  • 2018-03-06 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2018-03-08 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 347). introduction
  • 2018-03-08 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2018-03-08 Referred to CPH, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2018-03-16 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
  • 2018-03-20 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda, Nishihara, Ruderman. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-23 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3117) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
  • 2018-03-23 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
  • 2018-03-27 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-29-18 10:50AM in conference room 211.
  • 2018-03-29 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-04-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3437) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2018-04-05 One Day Notice 04-06-18.
  • 2018-04-06 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. 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. 572).
  • 2018-04-06 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2018-04-24 Act 004, on 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). executive-signature
  • 2018-04-24 Act 004, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e3dd8da-5e4c-4726-8a32-1be1fd48b751. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).