republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/sb-1340.md

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Bill	RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.	Reinstates the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements for certain teachers working in collaboration with a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist. Expands the exemption for registered behavior technicians to implement applied behavior analysis services under the direction of a licensed psychologist. Reinstates the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements for individuals who implement applied behavior analysis services to participants in the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver program. Requires the Department of Education to report to the Legislature on the implementation of Medicaid reimbursements for applied behavior analysis services. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 1340	Hawaii SB 1340 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Behavior Analysts Department of Education Exemptions Licensing Medicaid Practice of Behavior Analysis Psychologists Report	enacted	KOUCHI	6	47	7	2023-01-25	2023-07-03	openstates	ocd-bill/b38ae9a8-4752-4955-9547-ea50184110f8	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1340&year=2023	1907c59b512414070e3817cc41a7e245784fca1edf2f2e903db2b59d7c331e43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 1340 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.

Reinstates the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements for certain teachers working in collaboration with a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist. Expands the exemption for registered behavior technicians to implement applied behavior analysis services under the direction of a licensed psychologist. Reinstates the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements for individuals who implement applied behavior analysis services to participants in the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver program. Requires the Department of Education to report to the Legislature on the implementation of Medicaid reimbursements for applied behavior analysis services. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB1340 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB1340_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1340_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1340_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1340_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1340_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-03 Act 167, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). became-law
• 2023-07-03 Act 167, on 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). became-law
• 2023-05-04 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 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 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 58) as amended in (CD 1).
• 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. 58).
• 2023-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Belatti, Sayama, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica.
• 2023-04-27 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-23 2:25PM; Conference Room 329.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 976). receipt
• 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Shimabukuro.
• 2023-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 829). receipt
• 2023-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Belatti, Sayama Co-Chairs; La Chica, Pierick.
• 2023-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 882). receipt
• 2023-04-11 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2023-04-11 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 711). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-06 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-04-05 Deferred one day 04-06-23. deferral
• 2023-04-03 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-05-23.
• 2023-04-03 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1888) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-03-30 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 03-30-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-24 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) Ilagan excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-24 Reported from EDN/HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1544) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2023-03-21 The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Kobayashi, Nishimoto, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-21 The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Marten, Evslin, La Chica, Martinez, Matayoshi, Perruso, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela, Quinlan. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN/HLT on Tuesday, 03-21-23 2:05PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to EDN/HLT, CPC, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 417) in amended form (SD 2). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-03 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-03 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 784) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2023-02-22 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-17 The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-22-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2023-02-17 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-17 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 529) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
• 2023-02-13 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, Aquino, Moriwaki, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-10 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2023-01-30 Referred to HHS, CPN. referral-committee
• 2023-01-25 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-01-25 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b38ae9a8-4752-4955-9547-ea50184110f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).