HB 213 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.

HB 213 appropriates state funds to support the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program, which helps healthcare professionals repay educational loans. The program directly assists licensed healthcare workers, such as nurses and physicians, who serve in underserved areas or specific healthcare roles. The bill specifies funding allocation with an effective date of July 1, 3000, though this date appears to be a placeholder error. No additional details about eligibility, funding amounts, or program administration are provided in the available context.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action Mar 19, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB213 → HB213_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill (HB 213) was modified from its original version (HD1) primarily to correct a critical error in the effective date and to remove technical metadata that was accidentally included in the legislative text. The original version incorrectly set the bill's effective date to July 1, 3000, which would have delayed implementation by over 750 years. The modified version corrects this to July 1, 2025, ensuring the healthcare loan repayment program funding can begin on schedule. Additionally, the version was cleaned of Word document metadata and formatting artifacts that were embedded in the text.

Scope change

No substantive policy changes to scope, eligibility, or funding amounts were made; the core legislation remains the same except for the effective date correction and removal of technical metadata.

TIMELINE

Corrected the effective date from July 1, 3000 to July 1, 2025, ensuring the healthcare loan repayment program funding begins on schedule.

TECHNICAL

Removed embedded Word document metadata, file information, and formatting artifacts that were accidentally included in the legislative text.

Reorganized the bill structure to remove duplicate headers and footer information, presenting a cleaner, more professional legislative format.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 19, 2025

Committee

Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1151) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, Keohokalole.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-25 1:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS, WAM.

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 89).

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Lee, M., Alcos, Ward.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 323) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

18 primary · 0 co-sponsors