republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-1081.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR UNLICENSED CARE HOMES."
description: "Clarifies the penalty to be assessed on any person who intentionally operates a care facility without a certificate or license. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1081"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1081 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Care Homes", "Department of Health", "Penalties", "Unlicensed Operators"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4268a338-5319-4955-a500-59b8469ca5e0"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1081&year=2023"
source_hash: "e7b20f1c90c1f3bf070e5cc4aed6e906a10565cfb83c8a3993dc8bfeb715a5db"
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 HB 1081 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR UNLICENSED CARE HOMES.

Clarifies the penalty to be assessed on any person who intentionally operates a care facility without a certificate or license. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1081** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1081_.HTM)
2. **HB1081_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1081_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1081_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1081_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-07** Act 251, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1354). `became-law`
- **2023-07-07** Act 251, on 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1354). `became-law`
- **2023-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 899). `receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2023-05-02** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 897). `receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
- **2023-04-14** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). `receipt`
- **2023-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 833) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2023-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
- **2023-04-06** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1755) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2023-03-31** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-31-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1396) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
- **2023-03-15** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to CPN, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 199). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 983), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-23** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-23-23 1:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-17** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1).
- **2023-02-17** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 690), recommending referral to FIN.
- **2023-02-15** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-15-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-09** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kila, Lamosao excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 257) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2023-02-08** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Mizuno, Nishimoto, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-08-23 9:45AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to HLT, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4268a338-5319-4955-a500-59b8469ca5e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).