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| Bill | RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS. | Clarifies and streamlines background check requirements for healthcare facility applicants, operators, and direct patient access employees. (CD1) | us/states/hi | Hawaii Legislature | 2026 | HB 2576 | Hawaii HB 2576 (2026) |
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Hawaii HB 2576 (2026) — RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.
Clarifies and streamlines background check requirements for healthcare facility applicants, operators, and direct patient access employees. (CD1)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB2576 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2576_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2576_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2576_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2576_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2576_SD2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- AMATO — primary (person)
- HARTSFIELD — primary (person)
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-05-26 Act 042, on 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1142).
became-law - 2026-05-26 Act 042, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1142).
became-law - 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor.
- 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
receipt - 2026-05-06 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).
receipt - 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
passage - 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
passage - 2026-04-29 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
- 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 77-26).
- 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
- 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 77-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- 2026-04-29 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Tarnas, Keohokapu-Lee Loy; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- 2026-04-29 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) San Buenaventura, Rhoads, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-28 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-29-26 3:45PM; CR 329.
- 2026-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 738).
receipt - 2026-04-23 Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; McKelvey.
- 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).
receipt - 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Alcos.
- 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. 704) in amended form (SD 2).
- 2026-04-14 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage - 2026-04-10 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
- 2026-04-10 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3808) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- 2026-04-09 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-06 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- 2026-03-25 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
reading-2, referral-committee - 2026-03-25 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3173) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- 2026-03-18 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, McKelvey, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-13 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
- 2026-03-12 Referred to HHS, JDC.
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading.
reading-1 - 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 438).
introduction, receipt - 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) 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 JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1147-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- 2026-02-24 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Garcia.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2026-02-19 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
reading-2, referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 557-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- 2026-02-13 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, Marten, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hartsfield, Olds, Alcos, Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 02-13-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2026-02-02 Referred to HLT, JHA, referral sheet 6
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction, reading-1
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5d384ff-11b8-4093-a4a4-9d5914eaca52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).