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Bill RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINITIONS. Amends the definitions of "dependent-beneficiary" and "employee-beneficiary" as used in the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Clarifies the eligibilities of surviving children to receive benefits. Updates references related to marriage to account for civil unions in interpreting who is a "dependent-beneficiary" and "employee-beneficiary". (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2019 Regular Session SB 1204 Hawaii SB 1204 (2019 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 1204 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINITIONS.

Amends the definitions of "dependent-beneficiary" and "employee-beneficiary" as used in the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Clarifies the eligibilities of surviving children to receive benefits. Updates references related to marriage to account for civil unions in interpreting who is a "dependent-beneficiary" and "employee-beneficiary". (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB1204 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB1204_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB1204_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB1204_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 30 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 140 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-24 Introduced. introduction
  • 2019-01-24 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2019-01-28 Referred to LCA, JDC/WAM. referral-committee
  • 2019-02-04 The committee(s) on LCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-19 2:45PM in conference room 224.
  • 2019-02-07 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
  • 2019-02-15 Reported from LCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 575) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
  • 2019-02-15 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
  • 2019-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
  • 2019-02-26 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-26 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, English, Harimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-01 Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1001) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
  • 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
  • 2019-03-05 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 400) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
  • 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2019-03-07 Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
  • 2019-03-11 Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 03-14-19 9:00AM in House conference room 309.
  • 2019-03-14 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
  • 2019-03-20 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1500) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2019-03-20 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) Belatti, Yamane excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2019-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
  • 2019-03-27 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-03 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1960), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2019-04-03 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2019-04-04 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 562). introduction
  • 2019-04-04 Deferred One Day 04-05-19.
  • 2019-04-05 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  • 2019-04-05 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 685).
  • 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Johanson, Eli Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
  • 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
  • 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; K. Rhoads, Keith-Agaran Co-Chairs; Fevella.
  • 2019-04-18 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-19 2:05PM in conference room 423.
  • 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918).
  • 2019-04-22 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-19 2:45PM in conference room 423.
  • 2019-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-19 10:00AM in conference room 423.
  • 2019-04-24 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) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 160).
  • 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
  • 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 160) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
  • 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
  • 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
  • 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
  • 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
  • 2019-05-06 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2019-06-12 Act 051, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1152). executive-signature
  • 2019-06-12 Act 051, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1152). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e95bd3e3-f170-4b6f-ab6f-d0762883b6b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).