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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS."
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description: "Establishes the Medical Cannabis Insurance Reimbursement Working Group to address the complexities surrounding the topic of making medical cannabis reimbursable by health insurance. (CD1)"
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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: "SB 2488"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 2488 (2018 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Medical Cannabis", "Health Insurance Reimbursement", "Working Group"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["BAKER", "GABBARD", "GALUTERIA", "Ihara", "KEITH-AGARAN", "Kim", "RUDERMAN", "TOKUDA"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-19"
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last_action: "2018-07-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46941a17-cab4-464c-9b94-9f0957bce06b"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2488&year=2018"
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source_hash: "796b0fd92d7d724aaf0e29cc8f473a998487517ee8caaaae4dbf0de61796f76e"
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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 SB 2488 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.
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Establishes the Medical Cannabis Insurance Reimbursement Working Group to address the complexities surrounding the topic of making medical cannabis reimbursable by health insurance. (CD1)
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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. **SB2488** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2488_.HTM)
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2. **SB2488_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2488_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB2488_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2488_HD1_.HTM)
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4. **SB2488_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2488_SD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The Conference Committee recommends 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, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- BAKER — primary (person)
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- GABBARD — primary (person)
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- GALUTERIA — primary (person)
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- Ihara — primary (person)
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- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
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- Kim — primary (person)
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- RUDERMAN — primary (person)
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- TOKUDA — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`
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- **2018-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-24** Referred to CPH, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-08** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
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- **2018-02-13** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Ihara, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Espero. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-16** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2483) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
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- **2018-02-16** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
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- **2018-02-20** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-23-18 11:00AM in conference room 211.
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- **2018-02-23** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2698) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
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- **2018-03-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-06-18.
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- **2018-03-06** 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`
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- **2018-03-06** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 189) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction`
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- **2018-03-08** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-08** Referred to HHS, CPC, referral sheet 35 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on Wednesday, 03-14-18 8:40AM in House conference room 329.
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- **2018-03-14** 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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- **2018-03-21** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1263-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
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- **2018-03-21** 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) Ing, C. Lee, McKelvey, Souki, Todd, Ward excused (6). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-28-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
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- **2018-03-28** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Say, Yamane, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tokioka. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-03** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1753-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2018-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Choy voting no (1) and Representative(s) C. Lee excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2018-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 403). `introduction`
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- **2018-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
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- **2018-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 486).
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- **2018-04-16** Re-referred to HHS, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 57 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, Takumi, Kobayashi Co-Chairs; Tupola.
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- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; English Co-Chair; Espero.
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- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
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- **2018-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 786).
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- **2018-04-17** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
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- **2018-04-19** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-20-18 9:05AM in conference room 229.
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- **2018-04-20** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-20-18 11:00am in conference room 229.
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- **2018-04-20** 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) Baker, English, Espero; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-20** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takumi.
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- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 13-18).
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- **2018-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
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- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 13-18) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2018-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-18.
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- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
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- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Choy, Har voting no (2) and none excused (0).
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- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
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- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
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- **2018-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-07-11** Act 161, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-11** Act 161, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). `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/46941a17-cab4-464c-9b94-9f0957bce06b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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