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Bill RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Authorizes certain types of radiographical coverage and specialist consultations without a treatment plan within the context of workers' compensation coverage for employees with cervical and lumbar spinal injuries, or suspected cervical and lumbar spinal injuries. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2024 HB 1944 Hawaii HB 1944 (2024)
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Cervical and Lumbar Spinal Injuries
Coverage
MRI
Specialists
Workers' Compensation
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AMATO
ICHIYAMA
KAPELA
KITAGAWA
LOWEN
MARTEN
MATAYOSHI
NISHIMOTO
PERRUSO
POEPOE
TAKENOUCHI
TAM
TARNAS
TODD
WOODSON
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Hawaii HB 1944 (2024) — RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Authorizes certain types of radiographical coverage and specialist consultations without a treatment plan within the context of workers' compensation coverage for employees with cervical and lumbar spinal injuries, or suspected cervical and lumbar spinal injuries. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB1944 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1944_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1944_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB1944_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. HB1944_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reconsider: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 80 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 50 (pass) · lower
  • The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 40 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • AMATO — primary (person)
  • ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
  • KAPELA — primary (person)
  • KITAGAWA — primary (person)
  • LOWEN — primary (person)
  • MARTEN — primary (person)
  • MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
  • NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
  • PERRUSO — primary (person)
  • POEPOE — primary (person)
  • TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
  • TAM — primary (person)
  • TARNAS — primary (person)
  • TODD — primary (person)
  • WOODSON — primary (person)
  • Kobayashi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-06-28 Act 094, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). became-law
  • 2024-06-28 Act 094, on 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). 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 in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden, Martinez, Nakashima excused (3). passage
  • 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
  • 2024-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
  • 2024-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 6-24).
  • 2024-04-25 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
  • 2024-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 6-24) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2024-04-22 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Tam, Kitagawa, Garrett, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2024-04-22 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) Aquino, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-04-19 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-22-24 10:05AM in conference room 016.
  • 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760). receipt
  • 2024-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Tam, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Garrett, Alcos.
  • 2024-04-17 Re-referred to LGO, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 32 referral-committee
  • 2024-04-15 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 677). receipt
  • 2024-04-15 Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Fevella.
  • 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. 543) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2024-04-09 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2024-04-05 One Day Notice 04-09-24.
  • 2024-04-05 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3672) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2024-03-27 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-22 The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-27-24 9:30AM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
  • 2024-03-20 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2024-03-20 Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3133) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
  • 2024-03-13 The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Moriwaki, Ihara, Lee, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-08 The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-24 3:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
  • 2024-03-07 Referred to LBT, CPN. referral-committee
  • 2024-03-01 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2024-03-01 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 27). introduction, receipt
  • 2024-02-29 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2024-02-29 Reconsideration of action taken on 02-16-24.
  • 2024-02-29 Re-referred to LGO, CPC, referral sheet 15 referral-committee
  • 2024-02-16 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5).
  • 2024-02-16 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 542-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
  • 2024-02-13 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Onishi, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, Lowen, Pierick. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-02-09 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-13-24 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2024-02-05 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, Gates, Kapela, Nakashima excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2024-02-05 Reported from LGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 53-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
  • 2024-02-01 The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Kapela, Martinez, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Alcos. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-01-29 Bill scheduled to be heard by LGO on Thursday, 02-01-24 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2024-01-29 Re-referred to LGO, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 5 referral-committee
  • 2024-01-24 Referred to LGO, CPC, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
  • 2024-01-22 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2024-01-19 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2556a8e-0fce-49d9-8c6d-f80d234f7a79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).