republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/sb-2878.md

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Bill	RELATING TO MASSAGE THERAPY.	Requires the board of massage therapy to adopt and enforce sanitation rules for massage therapy establishments. Repeals existing statutory language that classifies unlicensed activity as a petty misdemeanor in favor of existing statutes that treat unlicensed activity as a misdemeanor. Increases the fines for violations of the laws regulating massage therapy. (HD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	SB 2878	Hawaii SB 2878 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Massage Therapy Massage Therapy Establishments Rulemaking Authority Fines	enacted	KOUCHI	3	36	5	2020-01-23	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/8ad8abbc-b809-414f-9d43-520f154a2456	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2878&year=2020	614ac0a057de367cc57da25b52d184bd29841f76e6ecae31277f7e77e929fe87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2878 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MASSAGE THERAPY.

Requires the board of massage therapy to adopt and enforce sanitation rules for massage therapy establishments. Repeals existing statutory language that classifies unlicensed activity as a petty misdemeanor in favor of existing statutes that treat unlicensed activity as a misdemeanor. Increases the fines for violations of the laws regulating massage therapy. (HD2)

Version chain

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

1. SB2878 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2878_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB2878_HD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-23 Introduced. introduction
• 2020-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Referred to CPH, JDC. referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-20 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2020-02-11 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, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2810) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
• 2020-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
• 2020-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-25-20 12:30PM in conference room 016.
• 2020-02-25 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3140) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-28 One Day Notice 03-03-20.
• 2020-03-03 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-03-03 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 413). introduction
• 2020-03-05 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2020-03-09 Referred to IAC, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 36 referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 Bill scheduled to be heard by IAC on Thursday, 03-12-20 9:30AM in House conference room 430.
• 2020-03-12 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, Nishimoto, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-13 Reported from IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1083-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2020-03-13 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) Gates, McDermott, Thielen excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-06-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 06-24-20 10:00AM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-06-24 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Cachola, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Har, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-25 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1210-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• 2020-06-25 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) Cabanilla Arakawa, Matayoshi excused (2).
• 2020-06-26 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 06-29-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-06-29 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, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1248-20), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-07-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-07-02 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 375). introduction
• 2020-07-02 Deferred One Day 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-06 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 07-08-20.
• 2020-07-06 One Day Notice 07-08-20.
• 2020-07-08 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Keith-Agaran.
• 2020-07-08 Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 630).
• 2020-07-10 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2020-09-15 Act 064, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1169). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 064, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1169). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ad8abbc-b809-414f-9d43-520f154a2456. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).