republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/sb-874.md

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Bill	RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE.	Requires veterinarians to provide a written prescription, upon the request of a client, for any animal patient of a client with whom the veterinarian has established an existing veterinarian-client-patient relationship, to be filled at the pharmacy of the client's choosing. Allows pharmacies licensed in the State to dispense medications prescribed by veterinarians. Specifies that violators may be subject to disciplinary action by the Hawaii Board of Veterinary Medicine, which may include fines or suspension or revocation of a license. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	SB 874	Hawaii SB 874 (2026)	bill	Consumer Prescription Choice Equality Caucus Hawaii Board of Veterinary Medicine Pet Medication Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationship Veterinary Medicine	enacted	CHANG FEVELLA FUKUNAGA INOUYE	6	50	7	2025-01-17	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/cb2eab66-5a59-4c37-87e6-f313cd68e503	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=874&year=2026	9bc7d2f65f61a4bcb1c7743ef2b2f644e93402b4f487ff13c3e6d1caf7e5d46c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 874 (2026) — RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE.

Requires veterinarians to provide a written prescription, upon the request of a client, for any animal patient of a client with whom the veterinarian has established an existing veterinarian-client-patient relationship, to be filled at the pharmacy of the client's choosing. Allows pharmacies licensed in the State to dispense medications prescribed by veterinarians. Specifies that violators may be subject to disciplinary action by the Hawaii Board of Veterinary Medicine, which may include fines or suspension or revocation of a license. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB874 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB874_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB874_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB874_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB874_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB874_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• CHANG — primary (person)
• FEVELLA — primary (person)
• FUKUNAGA — primary (person)
• INOUYE — primary (person)
• San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)
• Wakai — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-29 Act 066, on 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166). became-law
• 2026-05-29 Act 066, 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166). 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
• 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 45-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 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. 45-26).
• 2026-04-29 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Grandinetti, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 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: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Fukunaga, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.
• 2026-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.
• 2026-04-27 Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 764). receipt
• 2026-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 9:15AM; Conference Room 325.
• 2026-04-24 Senate Conferees Changed: Senator Fukunaga added as Co-Chair. Senator Keohokalole discharged as Co-Chair.
• 2026-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 739). receipt
• 2026-04-23 Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Richards, Awa.
• 2026-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 811). receipt
• 2026-04-22 House Conferees Appointed: Chun, Grandinetti Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
• 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. 607). 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. 2110-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-02 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Tam. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-30 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) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-30 Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1489-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2026-03-25 The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-25-26 9:15AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to AGR, CPC, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 141) in amended form (SD 2). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 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
• 2026-03-06 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2910) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2026-02-26 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-20 The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-26-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-03 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2101) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
• 2026-01-28 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-23 The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2025-12-08 Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. carried-over
• 2025-01-23 Referred to AEN, CPN. referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2025-01-17 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb2eab66-5a59-4c37-87e6-f313cd68e503. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).