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Bill	RELATING TO HEALTH.	Allows certain physician assistants to sign orders for respiratory therapy and plans of care. Expands the class of health care providers under whom respiratory therapists may practice respiratory care to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 599	Hawaii SB 599 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Physician Assistants Respiratory Therapists Supervision	enacted	SAN BUENAVENTURA	5	51	7	2023-01-20	2023-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/5999cd73-3e97-4ad4-8051-66b146cf47a9	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=599&year=2023	72399a21b0e72c3890bc2191b0d495d871a09b9f40b67320198b44288c00b3aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 599 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEALTH.

Allows certain physician assistants to sign orders for respiratory therapy and plans of care. Expands the class of health care providers under whom respiratory therapists may practice respiratory care to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB599 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB599_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB599_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB599_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB599_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-22 Act 102, 06/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1203). became-law
• 2023-06-22 Act 102, on 06/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1203). became-law
• 2023-05-03 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 Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). 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
• 2023-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 170) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2023-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 170).
• 2023-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima.
• 2023-04-28 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 2:30PM in conference room 329.
• 2023-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-23 2:30PM in conference room 329.
• 2023-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-25-23 3:30PM in conference room 329.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Nakashima, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Pierick.
• 2023-04-19 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 911). receipt
• 2023-04-19 Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Shimabukuro.
• 2023-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2023-04-13 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2023-04-13 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 742). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-11 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Martinez, Todd excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-04-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2089) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-03-30 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
• 2023-03-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-30-23 3:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-24 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ilagan excused (1).
• 2023-03-24 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1529), recommending referral to FIN.
• 2023-03-21 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
• 2023-03-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-21-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-17 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) Cochran excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-17 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1304) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2023-03-15 The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan, Mizuno, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kobayashi. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 03-15-23 8:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN , referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 208) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Report adopted; 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 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 737) with recommendation of passage on 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 will hold a public decision making on 02-22-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2023-02-16 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 390) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
• 2023-02-10 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-07 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2023-01-25 Referred to HHS, CPN. referral-committee
• 2023-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5999cd73-3e97-4ad4-8051-66b146cf47a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).