RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINITIONS.
Summary
Amends the definitions of "dependent-beneficiary" and "employee-beneficiary" as used in the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Clarifies the eligibilities of surviving children to receive benefits. Updates references related to marriage to account for civil unions in interpreting who is a "dependent-beneficiary" and "employee-beneficiary". (CD1)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Jan 24, 2019
Signed Jun 12, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2019 · House Apr 3, 2019
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Mar 5, 2019
D
Democratic24
95% Yea
R
Republican1
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
48
Key actions
18
Committee
19
Amendments
2
Jun 12, 2019
Signed into law
Act 051, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1152).
upper
Jun 12, 2019
Signed into law
Act 051, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1152).
lower
Apr 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 160) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 26, 2019
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
upper
Apr 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 160).
upper
Apr 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Apr 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
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) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Apr 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-19 10:00AM in conference room 423.
upper
Apr 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-19 2:45PM in conference room 423.
upper
Apr 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-19 2:05PM in conference room 423.
upper
Apr 5, 2019
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 4, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 562).
upper
Apr 3, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
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; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.
lower
Mar 20, 2019
Committee
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1500) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan.
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 27
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 400) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, English, Harimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere.
upper
Feb 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Feb 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Reported from LCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 575) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
upper
Feb 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Ihara, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella.
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-19 2:45PM in conference room 224.
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to LCA, JDC/WAM.
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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