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Bill	RELATING TO HEALTH.	Requires supervision of physician assistants by physician groups. Permits supervising physicians or groups to establish practice-appropriate record review policies. Establishes continuing education requirements and authorizes audits to enforce compliance. Clarifies provisions relating to forfeiture and reinstatement of a license. (SB1406 HD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 1406	Hawaii SB 1406 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Physician Assistants Medical Records Continuing Medical Education Random Audits	enacted	KANUHA	3	38	6	2019-01-24	2019-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/dac468c3-9ff3-4239-a768-beff8e47226d	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1406&year=2019	c6a9dca30fc3851707d2072839c85c37df9d86937411d540ab1250b2a1bf4099	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 1406 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires supervision of physician assistants by physician groups. Permits supervising physicians or groups to establish practice-appropriate record review policies. Establishes continuing education requirements and authorizes audits to enforce compliance. Clarifies provisions relating to forfeiture and reinstatement of a license. (SB1406 HD2)

Version chain

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

1. SB1406 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB1406_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1406_HD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (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. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on HLT 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. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• KANUHA — 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 CPH/JDC. referral-committee
• 2019-02-22 The committee(s) on CPH/JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-27-19 9:40AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-02-27 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, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Ruderman. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-27 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
• 2019-03-01 Reported from CPH/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 887) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-03-01 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
• 2019-03-05 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
• 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 476) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to HLT/IAC, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT/IAC on Tuesday, 03-12-19 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
• 2019-03-12 The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Belatti, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Say. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-12 The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, D. Kobayashi, Kong, Takayama, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-15 Reported from HLT/IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1327) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2019-03-15 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) McKelvey, Nakamura, Quinlan, Takumi excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-20-19 2:15PM in House conference room 329.
• 2019-03-20 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Belatti, Har, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1602) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Yamane excused (2).
• 2019-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-28-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-03-28 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, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Todd. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2077), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-04 Deferred one day 04-05-19.
• 2019-04-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 711). introduction
• 2019-04-09 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-09 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
• 2019-04-17 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-09-19 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
• 2019-04-17 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-18-19.
• 2019-04-17 One Day Notice 04-18-19.
• 2019-04-18 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 915).
• 2019-04-18 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-07-05 Act 181, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). executive-signature
• 2019-07-05 Act 181, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dac468c3-9ff3-4239-a768-beff8e47226d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).