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Bill	RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.	Abolishes the Community Council on Purchase of Health and Human Services. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 977	Hawaii HB 977 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Community Council Purchases of Health and Human Services	enacted	SAIKI	3	40	6	2023-01-23	2023-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/fdbbb8b3-8393-4fb3-9599-16ac55d678fd	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=977&year=2023	d8729f0369a98d55365a26969457964486197763224e80655950344404836190	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 977 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Abolishes the Community Council on Purchase of Health and Human Services. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB977 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB977_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB977_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• SAIKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01 Act 044, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144). became-law
• 2023-06-01 Act 044, on 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 899). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem, Quinlan excused (2). passage
• 2023-05-02 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2023-04-28 Deferred one day 05-02-23. deferral
• 2023-04-28 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 895). receipt
• 2023-04-27 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
• 2023-04-14 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). receipt
• 2023-04-13 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 801) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2023-04-11 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-06 One Day Notice 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1826) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-04-05 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-31 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-05-23 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-24 Reported from HHS/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1408) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2023-03-23 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 The committee(s) on HHS/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to HHS/GVO, JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-03-03 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 91). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-02 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-02 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 924), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-02-27 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-27-23 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-17 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1).
• 2023-02-17 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 760), recommending referral to FIN.
• 2023-02-16 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-16-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-08 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 none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-08 Reported from LGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 196) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2023-02-07 The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Kapela, Martinez, Sayama, Tam, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-02 Bill scheduled to be heard by LGO on Tuesday, 02-07-23 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-30 Referred to LGO, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2023-01-25 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-23 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdbbb8b3-8393-4fb3-9599-16ac55d678fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).