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Bill	RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.	Transfers certain duties from the administrator of the State Procurement Office to the heads of health and human services purchasing agencies. Changes the small purchase threshold for health and human services. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 978	Hawaii HB 978 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Procurement Small Purchase Threshold Treatment Purchase of Services	enacted	SAIKI	6	51	8	2023-01-23	2023-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/044856d5-d3cb-420c-96f9-f06b89a7fdf3	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=978&year=2023	f9426121a1a387df55b893fd70163eb0f0c7c2b2d86151622dcb69c2f0a1775d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 978 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Transfers certain duties from the administrator of the State Procurement Office to the heads of health and human services purchasing agencies. Changes the small purchase threshold for health and human services. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB978 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB978_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB978_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB978_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB978_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. HB978_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 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
• 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 WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• SAIKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01 Act 045, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145). became-law
• 2023-06-01 Act 045, on 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
• 2023-04-27 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 64).
• 2023-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 64) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2023-04-27 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) McKelvey, San Buenaventura, Moriwaki, Aquino; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Sayama, Garrett, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey-Burdick.
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 9:00AM; Conference Room 016.
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 9:00AM; Conference Room 016.
• 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; San Buenaventura, Moriwaki Co-Chairs; Aquino, Awa.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 971). receipt
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Sayama, Garrett Co-Chairs; Hussey-Burdick, Alcos.
• 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. 802) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2023-04-11 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-06 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1872) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2023-04-06 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-03 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-24 Reported from GVO/HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1409) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 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: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, San Buenaventura, Wakai, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 The committee(s) on GVO/HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-10 Referred to GVO/HHS, WAM. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 370). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 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
• 2023-03-03 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-03 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1144) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-02-27 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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. 771), 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.
• 2023-02-09 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) Kila, Lamosao excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 Reported from LGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 242) 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/044856d5-d3cb-420c-96f9-f06b89a7fdf3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).