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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH."
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description: "Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for collective bargaining requirements for ambulance providers and other current expenses. Requires the Department of Health to contract with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the guidance of a steering committee to conduct a study of the State Emergency Medical System. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish a task force to develop a plan to implement findings and recommendations of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's study and any proposed legislation. (CD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2019 Regular Session"
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identifier: "SB 281"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 281 (2019 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Department of Health", "Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services", "State Emergency Medical System", "Steering Committee", "Task Force", "Study", "Appropriation ($)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DELA CRUZ", "KEITH-AGARAN"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-18"
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last_action: "2019-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec9fe4da-c53d-418d-9071-f1bb0a28e010"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=281&year=2019"
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source_hash: "93e4e77c753afceabb69872d2131909f0d8783a5bdff73ad8f1f347abdbfd1ee"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 281 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
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Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for collective bargaining requirements for ambulance providers and other current expenses. Requires the Department of Health to contract with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the guidance of a steering committee to conduct a study of the State Emergency Medical System. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish a task force to develop a plan to implement findings and recommendations of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's study and any proposed legislation. (CD1)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB281_.HTM)
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2. **SB281_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB281_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB281_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB281_HD1_.HTM)
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4. **SB281_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB281_HD2_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DELA CRUZ — primary (person)
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- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
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- **2019-01-18** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-22** Referred to CPH, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-01-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
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- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Nishihara, Ruderman, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) L. Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-08** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 105) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
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- **2019-02-08** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
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- **2019-02-22** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-19 10:05AM in conference room 211.
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- **2019-02-28** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-01** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1025) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
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- **2019-03-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
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- **2019-03-05** Report adopted; 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`
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- **2019-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 86) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
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- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-07** Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday, 03-14-19 9:00AM in House conference room 329.
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- **2019-03-14** 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, Say, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tokioka. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-20** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1444) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
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- **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`
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- **2019-04-02** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-03-19 2:30PM in House conference room 308.
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- **2019-04-03** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-05** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2184) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2019-04-05** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-09-19.
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- **2019-04-09** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2019-04-11** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 732). `introduction`
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- **2019-04-11** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
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- **2019-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 893).
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- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; J.Keohokalole, Ruderman, Fevella.
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- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918).
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- **2019-04-22** House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, Luke Co-Chairs; Ward.
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- **2019-04-22** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-19 3:05PM in conference room 229.
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- **2019-04-23** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 826).
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- **2019-04-23** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
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- **2019-04-24** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
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- **2019-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
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- **2019-04-26** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-19 3:00PM in conference room 229.
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- **2019-04-26** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Keith-Agaran, J.Keohokalole, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Luke, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
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- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 170).
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- **2019-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
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- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 170) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2019-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
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- **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).
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- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
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- **2019-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
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- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
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- **2019-05-06** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-12** Act 060, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1161). `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-12** Act 060, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1161). `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec9fe4da-c53d-418d-9071-f1bb0a28e010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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