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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO AN EARNED INCOME DISREGARD PROGRAM."
description: "Requires the Department of Human Services to implement an earned income disregard program as an intermediate step to implementing a medicaid buy-in program. Requires reports to the legislature. Takes effect upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 330"
citation: "Hawaii SB 330 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medicaid", "Earned Income Disregard Program", "Kal's Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harimoto", "K. RHOADS", "Ruderman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f939a2-0811-4b1e-b50c-cf5657673d32"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=330&year=2019"
source_hash: "8137d0ab7c1318090d1d8973569a8d7f3d4cd8499d0f5211e4573dd78cff76db"
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 330 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO AN EARNED INCOME DISREGARD PROGRAM.
Requires the Department of Human Services to implement an earned income disregard program as an intermediate step to implementing a medicaid buy-in program. Requires reports to the legislature. Takes effect upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB330** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB330_.HTM)
2. **SB330_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB330_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB330_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB330_HD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **120** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **50** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **140** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **30** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **50** (pass) · upper
- The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **60** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Harimoto — primary (person)
- K. RHOADS — primary (person)
- Ruderman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to HMS, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-01-19 2:45PM in conference room 016.
- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HMS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, K. Rhoads, Ihara, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 103) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2019-02-08** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2019-02-11** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-14-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-02-14** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 701) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 98) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 27 `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 committee(s) on HSH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-21-19 at 10:00am.
- **2019-03-20** Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 03-21-19 10:00AM in conference room 329.
- **2019-03-21** The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, B. Kobayashi, Mizuno, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Say. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1678) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-03-22** 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) 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, UNAMENDED. 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. 1973), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 541). `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Deferred One Day 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2019-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 685).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura, Nakamura Co-Chairs; Kitagawa, Ward.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
- **2019-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Ruderman Chair; Riviere Co-Chair; Ihara, L. Thielen, Fevella.
- **2019-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 903).
- **2019-04-17** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-18-19 2:15PM in conference room 225.
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-19 2:30PM in conference room 225.
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-19 2:30PM in conference room 225.
- **2019-04-23** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, Riviere, Ihara, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, Kitagawa; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 67).
- **2019-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 67) 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; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) 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`
- **2019-07-01** Act 155, on 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Act 155, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9f939a2-0811-4b1e-b50c-cf5657673d32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).