republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-390.md

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Bill	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.	Makes permanent Act 172, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, which: (1) grants employees the right to have a chaperone present during a medical examination relating to a workers' compensation work injury and, with the approval of the examining physician or surgeon, to record the examination; and (2) provides that if an employee or employee's chaperone obstructs the medical examination, the employee's right to worker's compensation shall be suspended until the refusal or obstruction ceases. Effective 6/29/2019. (SD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 390	Hawaii HB 390 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Workers' Compensation Medical Examination Recording Devices Chaperone	enacted	ELI JOHANSON	3	43	5	2019-01-18	2019-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/ad2827f8-aead-42f9-9a0a-9fefa92f6624	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=390&year=2019	b062e1f71daab84ec017e577880bba53949c9d43913a23aba2efaf3c668d684d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 390 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Makes permanent Act 172, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, which: (1) grants employees the right to have a chaperone present during a medical examination relating to a workers' compensation work injury and, with the approval of the examining physician or surgeon, to record the examination; and (2) provides that if an employee or employee's chaperone obstructs the medical examination, the employee's right to worker's compensation shall be suspended until the refusal or obstruction ceases. Effective 6/29/2019. (SD2)

Version chain

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

1. HB390 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB390_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB390_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• ELI — primary (person)
• JOHANSON — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-22 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2019-02-04 Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 02-07-19 9:30AM in House conference room 309.
• 2019-02-07 The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-12 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 330) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-02-12 Deferred one day 02-13-19.
• 2019-02-13 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) Holt, McDermott, Nakamura, Ward excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-22-19 12:30PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-02-22 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Todd, McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 984), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 170). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to LCA/CPH, JDC. referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 The committee(s) on LCA/CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-19 2:45PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-03-19 The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 03-20-19 10:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-03-19 The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Ihara, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-20 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, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) J.Keohokalole. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from LCA/CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1512) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
• 2019-03-22 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-28-19 9:45AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-03-28 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1907) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 725) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2019-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Johanson, Eli Co-Chairs; Quinlan, Matsumoto.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; Baker, K. Rhoads Co-Chairs; Fevella.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
• 2019-04-24 House Conferee(s) discharged.
• 2019-04-25 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 866).
• 2019-04-26 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-19.
• 2019-04-30 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 880).
• 2019-04-30 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 882).
• 2019-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-07-09 Act 201, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). executive-signature
• 2019-07-09 Act 201, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad2827f8-aead-42f9-9a0a-9fefa92f6624. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).