republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/sb-438.md

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Bill	RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING.	Reduces the period for which an application shall be considered abandoned from two years to one year. Specifies the conditions under which applications for licenses and examinations will be deemed abandoned. Provides that the one-year period after which an application is considered abandoned cannot be extended. Provides that a licensing authority shall not be required to act on any abandoned application and that the licensing authority may destroy abandoned applications. Clarifies that an application submitted after an abandoned application shall be treated as a new application and that the applicant shall comply with any new licensing requirements in effect at the time of the new application.	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 438	Hawaii SB 438 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Abandonment Application for Examination Application for Licensure Professional and Vocational Licensing	enacted	KEOHOKALOLE MCKELVEY	1	25	3	2023-01-20	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/8d82b388-5955-4e41-abce-36a5168419e0	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=438&year=2023	f74da414070ed019d46398bd0578723a3e5572d6617a50ebf17b83cd4dcf5b99	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 438 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING.

Reduces the period for which an application shall be considered abandoned from two years to one year. Specifies the conditions under which applications for licenses and examinations will be deemed abandoned. Provides that the one-year period after which an application is considered abandoned cannot be extended. Provides that a licensing authority shall not be required to act on any abandoned application and that the licensing authority may destroy abandoned applications. Clarifies that an application submitted after an abandoned application shall be treated as a new application and that the applicant shall comply with any new licensing requirements in effect at the time of the new application.

Version chain

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

1. SB438 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
• MCKELVEY — primary (person)
• Richards — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-20 Act 021, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1121). became-law
• 2023-04-19 Act 021, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1121). became-law
• 2023-04-05 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2023-04-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 586). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-04 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Mizuno excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1915), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-03-29 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kila, Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-29-23 3:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-21 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1382), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2023-03-16 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
• 2023-03-10 Bill re-scheduled to be heard by on Thursday, 03-16-23 2:30PM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 03-16-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to CPC, FIN , referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 170). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-03 One Day Notice 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-03 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-03 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 801) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2023-02-22 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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 has scheduled a public hearing on 02-22-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2023-01-25 Referred to CPN. referral-committee
• 2023-01-20 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d82b388-5955-4e41-abce-36a5168419e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).