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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO HOME CARE AGENCIES."
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description: "Prohibits home care agencies from providing services outside the scope of their facility license. (HD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1438"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 1438 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Home Care Agencies", "Limitations", "Prohibitions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e71ba9d-2ce2-492c-b949-7750a53c9e16"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1438&year=2025"
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source_hash: "9686f93efcc6f238d23a49ce1e63b0f45a34e1eabdc3c4489347f4e78153f98a"
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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 1438 (2025) — RELATING TO HOME CARE AGENCIES.
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Prohibits home care agencies from providing services outside the scope of their facility license. (HD1)
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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. **SB1438** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1438_.HTM)
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2. **SB1438_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1438_HD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB1438_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1438_SD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Final Reading. — **21–2** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **23–2** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- KOUCHI — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-15** Act 051, on 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1151). `became-law`
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- **2025-05-15** Act 051, 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1151). `became-law`
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- **2025-04-16** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 806). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Ihara). `passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-15** One Day Notice 04-16-25
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- **2025-04-15** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-16-25.
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- **2025-04-15** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-04-25 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
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- **2025-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 491). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-04-03** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-04-01** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-03-25.
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- **2025-04-01** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1746) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2025-03-25** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-03-21** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1417), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
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- **2025-03-19** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 03-19-25 9:05AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 334) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-03-04** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2025-02-27** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
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- **2025-02-27** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 740) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
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- **2025-02-19** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-14** The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-02-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-14** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 501) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to CPN.
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- **2025-02-05** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-01-31** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-01-27** Referred to HHS, CPN. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
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- **2025-01-21** Pending Introduction.
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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/6e71ba9d-2ce2-492c-b949-7750a53c9e16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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