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Bill RELATING TO DEATH BENEFITS. Increases the amount of death benefits paid by the Department of Human Services to cover the cremation and disposition costs for a deceased person who was eligible for medical or financial assistance at the time of the person's death and whose body is unclaimed. Appropriates funds. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2024 HB 1533 Hawaii HB 1533 (2024)
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Hawaii HB 1533 (2024) — RELATING TO DEATH BENEFITS.

Increases the amount of death benefits paid by the Department of Human Services to cover the cremation and disposition costs for a deceased person who was eligible for medical or financial assistance at the time of the person's death and whose body is unclaimed. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB1533 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1533_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1533_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB1533_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. HB1533_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 120 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 60 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 50 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 20 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 150 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • NISHIMOTO — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-06-28 Act 108, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1209). became-law
  • 2024-06-28 Act 108, on 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1209). became-law
  • 2024-05-02 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2024-05-03 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). receipt
  • 2024-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). receipt
  • 2024-05-01 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
  • 2024-05-01 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden, Martinez, Nakashima excused (3). passage
  • 2024-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24
  • 2024-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 136-24).
  • 2024-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday 05-01-24.
  • 2024-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 136-24) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2024-04-25 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, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Nishimoto, Amato, Kobayashi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2024-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-25-24 1:35PM in conference room 329.
  • 2024-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 776). receipt
  • 2024-04-25 Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Moriwaki Co-Chair; Awa.
  • 2024-04-16 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 738). receipt
  • 2024-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Amato, Kobayashi, Garcia.
  • 2024-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). receipt
  • 2024-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
  • 2024-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 495) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2024-04-09 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2024-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
  • 2024-04-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3765) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
  • 2024-04-04 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-04-02 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-24 10:15AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
  • 2024-03-21 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2024-03-21 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3204) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
  • 2024-03-18 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-15 The committee(s) on HHS added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 03-18-24 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
  • 2024-03-07 Referred to HHS, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2024-03-07 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2024-03-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 180). introduction, receipt
  • 2024-03-05 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Martinez, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2024-03-01 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-05-24.
  • 2024-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 978-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2024-02-26 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, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-02-23 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-26-24 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2024-02-05 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) Cochran, Gates, Kapela, Nakashima excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2024-02-05 Reported from HUS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 54-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2024-01-30 The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Amato, Belatti, Kobayashi, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-01-26 Bill scheduled to be heard by HUS on Tuesday, 01-30-24 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2024-01-24 Referred to HUS, FIN, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
  • 2024-01-17 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2024-01-11 Prefiled.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5625b962-7a4c-433c-8fa5-faf8a24d6a38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).