republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2025/hb-1379.md

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Bill	RELATING TO HEALTH.	Allows a pathway for foreign medical school graduates to be licensed as physicians that was previously only available to graduates who passed the qualifying examination of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates before 1984. Establishes an alternative pathway for the licensure as physicians for foreign medical graduates who passed certain examinations, possess an Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certificate, and have completed two years of post-graduate medical training. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2025	HB 1379	Hawaii HB 1379 (2025)	bill	Foreign Medical Graduates Hawaii Medical Board Licensure	enacted	KAHALOA KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY KILA KITAGAWA LEE M. MARTEN MIYAKE MORIKAWA TAKAYAMA TARNAS	4	34	5	2025-01-23	2025-06-04	openstates	ocd-bill/95d669da-7675-4bb1-95d2-9384d705b7e1	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1379&year=2025	db963fcc6747c59162a478b06c908b74e02ff4bad099828f518a495209b2b1e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1379 (2025) — RELATING TO HEALTH.

Allows a pathway for foreign medical school graduates to be licensed as physicians that was previously only available to graduates who passed the qualifying examination of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates before 1984. Establishes an alternative pathway for the licensure as physicians for foreign medical graduates who passed certain examinations, possess an Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certificate, and have completed two years of post-graduate medical training. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1379 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1379_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1379_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1379_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 24–1 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• KAHALOA — primary (person)
• KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
• KILA — primary (person)
• KITAGAWA — primary (person)
• LEE — primary (person)
• M. — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• MIYAKE — primary (person)
• MORIKAWA — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-04 Act 174, on 06/04/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). became-law
• 2025-06-04 Act 174, 06/04/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). became-law
• 2025-04-21 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2025-04-22 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 794). receipt
• 2025-04-21 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). passage
• 2025-04-21 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2025-04-21 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 760). receipt
• 2025-04-17 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-25.
• 2025-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). receipt
• 2025-04-10 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2025-04-08 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 766) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2025-04-08 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2025-04-04 One Day Notice 04-08-25.
• 2025-04-04 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1725) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2025-04-01 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, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 The committee on CPN has added the measure to decision making scheduled on 04-01-25 10:07AM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
• 2025-03-21 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1225) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
• 2025-03-17 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, Hashimoto, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-11 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2025-03-06 Referred to HHS, CPN. referral-committee
• 2025-03-06 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2025-03-06 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 365). introduction, receipt
• 2025-03-04 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2025-02-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.
• 2025-02-28 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1041) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2025-02-20 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Lowen, Pierick. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-18 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2025-02-12 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, Sayama, Ward excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 513) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2025-02-07 The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-05 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 02-07-25 8:45AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2025-01-27 Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 4 referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95d669da-7675-4bb1-95d2-9384d705b7e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).