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| Bill | RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING. | Establishes a Medi-Medi Project within the Executive Office on Aging to assist older adults, Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, and other underserved populations who may qualify for various low-income subsidy programs to gain access to their benefits. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to submit reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for staff and operating expenses. Requires and appropriates funds for the Executive Office on Aging to develop a one-year pilot project to provide the Medi-Medi Project to kupuna and families living in a disadvantaged community, specifically the Kalihi Valley catchment areas. (CD1) | us/states/hi | Hawaii Legislature | 2025 | HB 705 | Hawaii HB 705 (2025) |
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Hawaii HB 705 (2025) — RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING.
Establishes a Medi-Medi Project within the Executive Office on Aging to assist older adults, Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, and other underserved populations who may qualify for various low-income subsidy programs to gain access to their benefits. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to submit reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for staff and operating expenses. Requires and appropriates funds for the Executive Office on Aging to develop a one-year pilot project to provide the Medi-Medi Project to kupuna and families living in a disadvantaged community, specifically the Kalihi Valley catchment areas. (CD1)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB705 (committee substitute) — source
- HB705_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB705_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB705_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- AMATO — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- CHUN — primary (person)
- COCHRAN — primary (person)
- EVSLIN — primary (person)
- GARRETT — primary (person)
- GRANDINETTI — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- ILAGAN — primary (person)
- IWAMOTO — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- LA CHICA — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- SHIMIZU — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-07-03 Act 287, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1390).
became-law - 2025-07-03 Act 287, 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1390).
became-law - 2025-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
- 2025-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).
receipt - 2025-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).
receipt - 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2).
passage - 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
passage - 2025-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
- 2025-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 188).
- 2025-04-25 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- 2025-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 188) as amended in (CD 1).
- 2025-04-25 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) Hashimoto, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Morikawa, Chun, Templo, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- 2025-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 1:35PM in conference room 329.
- 2025-04-23 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 1:35PM in conference room 329.
- 2025-04-22 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 1:30PM in conference room 329.
- 2025-04-21 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-22-25 1:30PM in conference room 329.
- 2025-04-16 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810).
receipt - 2025-04-16 Senate Conferees Appointed: Hashimoto Chair; Moriwaki Co-Chair; Fevella.
- 2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).
receipt - 2025-04-14 House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Chun, Templo, Alcos.
- 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. 665) in amended form (SD 1).
- 2025-04-08 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage - 2025-04-04 One Day Notice 04-08-25.
- 2025-04-04 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1768) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- 2025-04-02 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-27 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- 2025-03-21 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
reading-2, referral-committee - 2025-03-21 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1222) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- 2025-03-10 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-06 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- 2025-03-04 Referred to HHS, WAM.
referral-committee - 2025-03-04 Passed First Reading.
reading-1 - 2025-03-04 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 120).
introduction, receipt - 2025-02-28 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
passage - 2025-02-28 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 967), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- 2025-02-24 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-21 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2025-02-11 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, Ward excused (2).
reading-2, referral-committee - 2025-02-11 Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 415) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- 2025-02-06 The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-01-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Thursday, 02-06-25 10:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2025-01-21 Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 2
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction, reading-1 - 2025-01-17 Pending introduction.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f752d59-8757-4196-b576-2c98ff8d7e81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).