republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/sb-2272.md

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Bill	RELATING TO HOME HEALTH LICENSING.	Authorizes the Department of Health to accept accreditation or certification from an accreditation organization or a certification organization approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as demonstration that a licensed home health agency is in compliance with all licensing inspections required by the State. Specifies conditions under which a home health agency may be exempt from a licensing inspection on a continuing basis throughout the accreditation or certification period. Requires information obtained in reports of survey and accreditation or certification letters to be public information. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	SB 2272	Hawaii SB 2272 (2026)	bill	Accreditation Organizations CMS Certification Organizations DOH Home Health Agencies Licensing Inspections Public Information	enacted	GABBARD HASHIMOTO KIDANI RICHARDS SAN BUENAVENTURA	5	48	7	2026-01-15	2026-06-09	openstates	ocd-bill/f2f58bf6-94b2-4f25-95ec-aa6f3bf1552c	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2272&year=2026	fe67e5363498b615a4d22e16dde7fe91b130df617e1632fa26446da1624e3dce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2272 (2026) — RELATING TO HOME HEALTH LICENSING.

Authorizes the Department of Health to accept accreditation or certification from an accreditation organization or a certification organization approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as demonstration that a licensed home health agency is in compliance with all licensing inspections required by the State. Specifies conditions under which a home health agency may be exempt from a licensing inspection on a continuing basis throughout the accreditation or certification period. Requires information obtained in reports of survey and accreditation or certification letters to be public information. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB2272 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2272_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB2272_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB2272_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB2272_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on HLT 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

Sponsors

• GABBARD — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• KIDANI — primary (person)
• RICHARDS — primary (person)
• SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
• Chang — cosponsor (person)
• Kanuha — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-09 Act 105, on 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205). became-law
• 2026-06-09 Act 105, 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205). became-law
• 2026-05-08 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 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
• 2026-05-01 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 222-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-05-01 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.
• 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 222-26).
• 2026-05-01 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi.
• 2026-05-01 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) San Buenaventura, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-30 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 4:30PM in conference room 329.
• 2026-04-29 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-30-26 4:30PM in conference room 329.
• 2026-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 720). receipt
• 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Fevella.
• 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). receipt
• 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Matayoshi, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Alcos.
• 2026-04-20 Re-referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 30 referral-committee
• 2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). receipt
• 2026-04-16 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2026-04-16 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 643). introduction, receipt
• 2026-04-14 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-04-10 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-10 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2115-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-07 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-02 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-24 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) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-24 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1351-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2026-03-20 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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 03-20-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 204) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-03-05 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2849) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2026-03-02 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-27 The committee on WAM has rescheduled its decision making to 03-02-26 10:02AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-23 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-02-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2359) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
• 2026-02-06 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-03 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2026-01-26 Referred to HHS, WAM. referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
• 2026-01-15 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2f58bf6-94b2-4f25-95ec-aa6f3bf1552c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).