republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-2343.md

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Bill	RELATING TO VETERANS.	Repeals the 6/30/2027 deadline by which the Maui State Veterans Home must be assimilated into a state agency having a Maui affiliation and instead requires the assimilation to be completed as soon as practicable. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 2343	Hawaii HB 2343 (2026)	bill	Deadline HHSC Maui Affiliation Maui State Veterans Home Oahu Regional Health Care System State Agency Transfer	enacted	AMATO MIYAKE POEPOE TAKAYAMA TAKENOUCHI YAMASHITA	3	38	6	2026-01-26	2026-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/79d1a55b-e506-4c9c-a81a-f9c1cc95fe25	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2343&year=2026	9579267762d3ff590debd2022108cb7aeefa9646065cdc07060e4b55354c4aac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 2343 (2026) — RELATING TO VETERANS.

Repeals the 6/30/2027 deadline by which the Maui State Veterans Home must be assimilated into a state agency having a Maui affiliation and instead requires the assimilation to be completed as soon as practicable. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB2343 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2343_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2343_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsider: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• AMATO — primary (person)
• MIYAKE — primary (person)
• POEPOE — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
• YAMASHITA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-19 Act 018, on 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118). became-law
• 2026-05-19 Act 018, 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118). became-law
• 2026-04-24 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2026-04-27 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 824). receipt
• 2026-04-24 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kapela excused (1). passage
• 2026-04-24 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2026-04-24 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 821). receipt
• 2026-04-23 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599). receipt
• 2026-04-14 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2026-04-10 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 558) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2026-04-10 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-04-09 One Day Notice 04-10-26.
• 2026-04-09 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3634) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-06 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C.. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-01 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-26 10:32AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-23 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-23 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3128) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2026-03-16 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, McKelvey, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-26 1:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-10 Referred to HHS, WAM. referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-06 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 101). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-03-05 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 843-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-02-27 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M.. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-19 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2026-02-19 Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 532-26), recommending referral to FIN.
• 2026-02-18 The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 02-18-26 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-11 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on PBS with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 158-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to PBS.
• 2026-02-06 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, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-03 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 02-06-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-02 Referred to HLT, PBS, FIN, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-26 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79d1a55b-e506-4c9c-a81a-f9c1cc95fe25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).