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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE."
description: "Transfers the Office of Wellness and Resilience from the Office of the Governor to the Department of Human Services on 7/1/2025. Extends the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force dissolution date to 6/30/2025 and establishes the Task Force as an advisory board to the Office of Wellness and Resilience until its dissolution. Reconstitutes the membership of the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force into a permanent advisory board to the Office of Wellness and Resilience to be called the Wellness and Resilience Advisory Board. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 894"
citation: "Hawaii SB 894 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory Board", "DHS", "Office of Wellness and Resilience", "Office of the Governor", "Traumainformed Care Task Force"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCKELVEY", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8c453c5-9a06-4a1c-a5d3-d99239ccd3ff"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=894&year=2023"
source_hash: "34f1e3510e066b3ea1ae543dc2b99409cc2fcd7a04a698b1b00c05e8c8386856"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---
# Hawaii SB 894 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE.
Transfers the Office of Wellness and Resilience from the Office of the Governor to the Department of Human Services on 7/1/2025. Extends the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force dissolution date to 6/30/2025 and establishes the Task Force as an advisory board to the Office of Wellness and Resilience until its dissolution. Reconstitutes the membership of the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force into a permanent advisory board to the Office of Wellness and Resilience to be called the Wellness and Resilience Advisory Board. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB894** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB894_.HTM)
2. **SB894_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB894_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB894_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB894_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB894_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB894_HD2_.HTM)
5. **SB894_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB894_SD1_.HTM)
6. **SB894_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB894_SD2_.HTM)
## Votes
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **40** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **50** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **70** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **40** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **50** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **130** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **150** (pass) · lower
- The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- Keith-Agaran — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-14** Act 087, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188). `became-law`
- **2023-06-14** Act 087, on 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188). `became-law`
- **2023-05-05** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 901). `receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 996). `receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Lowen, Martinez excused (2). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Deferred One Day 05-04-23. `deferral`
- **2023-05-02** Deferred one day 05-04-23. `deferral`
- **2023-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 126) 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. 126).
- **2023-04-28** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Amato, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti.
- **2023-04-28** 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, Shimabukuro, Kidani, Aquino; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 1:31PM; Conference Room 329.
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 329.
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 329.
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 329.
- **2023-04-24** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840). `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, Belatti, Kobayashi Co-Chairs; Amato, Garcia.
- **2023-04-20** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 932). `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Shimabukuro, Kidani Co-Chairs; Aquino, Awa.
- **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. 759). `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. 2139) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-04-05** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-05-23 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-24** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN 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 HUS/HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1487) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2023-03-21** 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, Kobayashi, Mizuno, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Amato, Belatti, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by HUS/HLT on Tuesday, 03-21-23 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to HUS/HLT, FIN, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 301) 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 WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 892) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2023-02-22** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-22-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2023-02-13** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from GVO/HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 205) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2023-02-07** 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 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`
- **2023-02-02** The committee(s) on GVO/HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-23 3:50PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2023-01-27** Referred to GVO/HHS, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced. `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8c453c5-9a06-4a1c-a5d3-d99239ccd3ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).