republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-1514.md

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Bill	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.	Clarifies the process for selecting a certified provider of vocational rehabilitation services. Requires certified providers to automatically approve vocational rehabilitation services for an injured employee if those services will likely be required for suitable gainful employment and the initial evaluation report finds the injured employee feasible to participate. Requires providers to file an employee's vocational rehabilitation plan no later than one hundred twenty days after submitting an initial evaluation report, unless extended by the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations. Clarifies the process for an employer to object to a vocational rehabilitation plan. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 1514	Hawaii HB 1514 (2026)	bill	Automatic Approval Certified Providers Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Vocational Rehabilitation Services Workers' Compensation	enacted	GRANDINETTI ILAGAN KILA KITAGAWA LEE M. MARTEN MATAYOSHI MORIKAWA OLDS TAM TARNAS	5	46	8	2026-01-14	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/f5e852f7-28a6-482c-8377-9cbbb19640ad	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1514&year=2026	60138c22216d099ffed3e80bae58679f5b21fe45d383ed95cf040a1abb0b9e2b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1514 (2026) — RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Clarifies the process for selecting a certified provider of vocational rehabilitation services. Requires certified providers to automatically approve vocational rehabilitation services for an injured employee if those services will likely be required for suitable gainful employment and the initial evaluation report finds the injured employee feasible to participate. Requires providers to file an employee's vocational rehabilitation plan no later than one hundred twenty days after submitting an initial evaluation report, unless extended by the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations. Clarifies the process for an employer to object to a vocational rehabilitation plan. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1514 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1514_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1514_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1514_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1514_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• GRANDINETTI — primary (person)
• ILAGAN — primary (person)
• KILA — primary (person)
• KITAGAWA — primary (person)
• LEE — primary (person)
• M. — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
• MORIKAWA — primary (person)
• OLDS — primary (person)
• TAM — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-27 Act 046, on 05/27/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146). became-law
• 2026-05-27 Act 046, 05/27/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146). became-law
• 2026-04-30 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2026-05-01 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 882). receipt
• 2026-04-30 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 803). receipt
• 2026-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2026-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-26
• 2026-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 4-26).
• 2026-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-30-26.
• 2026-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 4-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Matayoshi, Lee, M.; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Reyes Oda.
• 2026-04-24 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) Elefante, Keohokalole, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-23 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-24-26 8:45AM in conference room 016.
• 2026-04-21 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 717). receipt
• 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Elefante Chair; Keohokalole, Moriwaki Co-Chairs.
• 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). receipt
• 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Lee, M., Reyes Oda.
• 2026-04-17 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). receipt
• 2026-04-16 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2026-04-14 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 576) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2026-04-14 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-04-10 One Day Notice 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-10 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3698) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-07 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, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-02 The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 9:25AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-30 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-30 Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3353) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
• 2026-03-23 The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-17 Re-Referred to LBT, CPN. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Referred to LBT, WAM. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 234). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-03-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1050-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-02-26 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Marten, Pierick. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-20 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) Quinlan excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 631-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2026-02-17 The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-01-26 Referred to LAB, CPC, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-14 Prefiled.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5e852f7-28a6-482c-8377-9cbbb19640ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).