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Bill	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS.	Clarifies that existing law intended to curb over-access to and abuse of opioids, including the time frame for filling prescriptions, supply limitations, and requirements to check the state electronic prescription accountability system and execute an informed consent process, do not apply to qualified patients who are prescribed or issued prescriptions pursuant to the State's Our Care, Our Choice Act. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 536	Hawaii SB 536 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Our Care Our Choice Opioids Prescriptions	enacted	BAKER J.KEOHOKALOLE KIDANI Moriwaki Nishihara RUDERMAN S. CHANG	4	54	7	2019-01-18	2019-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/22068b04-ea29-4b80-87dd-72df126fe000	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=536&year=2019	bfab8bc268e95bb6f73c452e648822bd70752fccdcd43c0f2238b67f87048ba5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 536 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS.

Clarifies that existing law intended to curb over-access to and abuse of opioids, including the time frame for filling prescriptions, supply limitations, and requirements to check the state electronic prescription accountability system and execute an informed consent process, do not apply to qualified patients who are prescribed or issued prescriptions pursuant to the State's Our Care, Our Choice Act. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB536 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB536_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB536_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB536_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC 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. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BAKER — primary (person)
• J.KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
• KIDANI — primary (person)
• Moriwaki — primary (person)
• Nishihara — primary (person)
• RUDERMAN — primary (person)
• S. CHANG — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
• 2019-01-22 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Referred to PSM, CPH/JDC. referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Re-Referred to CPH/PSM, JDC.
• 2019-02-06 Re-Referred to CPH, JDC.
• 2019-02-08 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-02-12 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, Nishihara, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman, L. Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-15 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 502) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2019-02-15 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
• 2019-02-15 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-02-21 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, Wakai, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 801) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-02-28 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. 176) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to HLT, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 03-12-19 9:00AM 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: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Belatti, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say, Tokioka; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-14 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1310) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2019-03-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Har, Kong, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cachola voting no (1) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 03-18-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-03-18 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-19-19.
• 2019-03-18 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 03-19-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-03-19 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Creagan, Lowen, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Brower, McKelvey, Morikawa, Yamane. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1576), recommending referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Matsumoto, Okimoto, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cachola voting no (1) 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. 2072), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-04 Deferred one day 04-05-19.
• 2019-04-05 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Har, Kong voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cachola, Okimoto, Tokioka voting no (3) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 664). introduction
• 2019-04-09 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-09 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
• 2019-04-12 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; K. Rhoads Co-Chair; Ruderman, Fevella.
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 899).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, C. Lee, B. Kobayashi Co-Chairs; Ward.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
• 2019-04-16 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-17-19 10:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-04-17 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-18-19 10:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-04-18 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, K. Rhoads, Ruderman, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-18 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, C. Lee, B. Kobayashi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 27).
• 2019-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 27) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-25 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cachola, Har, Kong, Okimoto, Say voting no (5) and none excused (0).
• 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
• 2019-07-09 Act 256, on 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1358). executive-signature
• 2019-07-09 Act 256, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1358). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22068b04-ea29-4b80-87dd-72df126fe000. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).