republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/sb-1238.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ESTABLISHING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING SPECIAL FUND."
description: "Creates the Executive Office on Aging Administrative Claiming Special Fund to enhance the drawdown of federal funds. Appropriates funds. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1238"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1238 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive Office on Aging", "Special Fund", "Medicaid", "Appropriation ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28b62694-328a-4c11-bde4-1694683b2e04"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1238&year=2019"
source_hash: "b2a8f8b1c8024b972b823007b5cf184b6a79097af3d2e3e47f1cce8755a4804b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 1238 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ESTABLISHING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING SPECIAL FUND.

Creates the Executive Office on Aging Administrative Claiming Special Fund to enhance the drawdown of federal funds. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1238** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1238_.HTM)
2. **SB1238_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1238_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1238_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1238_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-01-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Harimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Moriwaki, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 6 Excused: Senator(s) English, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 153) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-08** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-02-08** 48 Hrs. Notice 02-11-19.
- **2019-02-11** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) English). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-02-11** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 6) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 26 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Wednesday, 03-20-19 8:45AM in House conference room 329.
- **2019-03-20** The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, B. Kobayashi, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1615), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-03-22** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Yamane excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-03-27** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1987) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-03** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-05** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 700). `introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2019-04-09** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura, Nakamura Co-Chairs; Ward.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
- **2019-04-24** Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Moriwaki Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-24** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 959).
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-19 5:50PM in conference room 225.
- **2019-04-26** 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) Inouye, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 113).
- **2019-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 113) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-12** Act 089, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-12** Act 089, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28b62694-328a-4c11-bde4-1694683b2e04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).