republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/sb-804.md

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Bill	RELATING TO PALLIATIVE CARE.	Establishes the culturally competent palliative care pilot program within the Department of Health to promote palliative care, gather health care utilization data, and conduct bidding for at least two pilot programs for home- or community-based palliative care, one of which must be located in a county with less than two hundred thousand residents. Requires reports to the legislature. Establishes an advisory group to oversee implementation of the pilot program. Appropriates funds. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 804	Hawaii SB 804 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Palliative Care Culturally Competent Palliative Care Pilot Program DOH Advisory Group Appropriation ($)	enacted	BAKER Fevella Moriwaki NISHIHARA S. CHANG	3	50	7	2019-01-18	2019-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/9116e9ea-a6f7-43f0-a19b-8f0a14319f77	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=804&year=2019	ec6e34721c9a969b12e12b18d4ccd54ae93d110157066ddad8ecbd5ab89c930b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 804 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PALLIATIVE CARE.

Establishes the culturally competent palliative care pilot program within the Department of Health to promote palliative care, gather health care utilization data, and conduct bidding for at least two pilot programs for home- or community-based palliative care, one of which must be located in a county with less than two hundred thousand residents. Requires reports to the legislature. Establishes an advisory group to oversee implementation of the pilot program. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB804 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB804_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB804_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BAKER — primary (person)
• Fevella — primary (person)
• Moriwaki — primary (person)
• NISHIHARA — 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 CPH, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-01-30 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-08 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 106) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
• 2019-02-08 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
• 2019-02-22 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-19 10:25AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-02-25 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, Kidani. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1109) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
• 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
• 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 252) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to HLT, CPC, 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, Say, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-15 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1321) 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, UNAMENDED. 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. 1589), recommending referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN 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. 2074), 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. 674). introduction
• 2019-04-09 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-09 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, Takumi, B. Kobayashi Co-Chairs; Ward.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
• 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; English Co-Chair; Nishihara, Fevella.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918).
• 2019-04-22 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-19 3:00PM in conference room 229.
• 2019-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
• 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) Baker, English, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Takumi, B. Kobayashi, Ward; 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. 79).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 79) 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
• 2019-07-05 Act 182, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). executive-signature
• 2019-07-05 Act 182, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9116e9ea-a6f7-43f0-a19b-8f0a14319f77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).