HB 970 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC.

Summary

Allows students enrolled in certain qualifying chiropractic colleges to engage in clinical practice as part of their college instruction if directly supervised by a qualified licensed chiropractor. Requires the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic to adopt rules. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB970 → HB970_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a House version to a House Draft version, with the effective date changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000' (likely a placeholder). The substantive policy content regarding chiropractic licensure and student clinical practice remains unchanged, though minor text corrections were made in the description section.

Scope change

None; the bill's scope regarding chiropractic licensure and student clinical practice remains the same.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which appears to be a placeholder date rather than a substantive policy change.

TECHNICAL

Minor text corrections were made in the bill description, adding 'Rules' to the title and clarifying that the bill requires the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic to adopt rules.

The bill was reformatted from a House version to a House Draft version, including metadata changes and formatting adjustments.

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 774) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HED, CPC, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors