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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS."
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description: "Removes the cap on the number of epidemiologists that the Department of Health may employ. (HB2493 HD2)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2018 Regular Session"
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identifier: "HB 2493"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 2493 (2018 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Department of Health", "Epidemiologists"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "C. LEE", "CREAGAN", "KOBAYASHI", "MIZUNO", "MORIKAWA", "NAKAMURA"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-01-23"
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last_action: "2018-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e3dd8da-5e4c-4726-8a32-1be1fd48b751"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2493&year=2018"
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source_hash: "6e1dc84b4b04fd5c7e08d375c93a5b6552eaecd2164c615deb901e26f9c9a432"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii HB 2493 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS.
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Removes the cap on the number of epidemiologists that the Department of Health may employ. (HB2493 HD2)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB2493** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2493_.HTM)
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2. **HB2493_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2493_HD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- BELATTI — primary (person)
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- C. LEE — primary (person)
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- CREAGAN — primary (person)
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- KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
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- MIZUNO — primary (person)
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- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
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- NAKAMURA — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-23** Pending introduction.
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- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-29** Referred to HHS, FIN, referral sheet 9 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on Friday, 02-09-18 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
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- **2018-02-09** The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Learmont; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-14** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 415-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
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- **2018-02-14** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-21-18 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
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- **2018-02-21** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Keohokalole, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1053-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2018-03-02** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-06-18.
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- **2018-03-06** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2018-03-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 347). `introduction`
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- **2018-03-08** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-08** Referred to CPH, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-16** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
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- **2018-03-20** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda, Nishihara, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-23** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3117) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
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- **2018-03-23** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
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- **2018-03-27** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-29-18 10:50AM in conference room 211.
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- **2018-03-29** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3437) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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- **2018-04-05** One Day Notice 04-06-18.
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- **2018-04-06** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2018-04-06** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 572).
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- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2018-04-24** Act 004, on 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-24** Act 004, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e3dd8da-5e4c-4726-8a32-1be1fd48b751`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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