HB 2161 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO PHARMACY.

Summary

Establishes the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Special Fund to support pharmacist workforce assessment and planning efforts. Establishes the pharmacist workforce assessment fee. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/31/2055. (SD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2161_HD3 → HB2161_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was revised to transition from a House Draft to a Senate Draft, updating the bill's authorship and metadata. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a specific constitutional citation in the findings section, clarifying that the workforce plan is a statewide concern under the Hawaii State Constitution. Additionally, the effective date of the law was moved from the distant future (July 1, 3000) to a specific future date (July 31, 2055), and minor formatting adjustments were made to fee descriptions.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, but the Senate version explicitly grounds the initiative in the State Constitution as a matter of statewide concern.

REQUIREMENT

Added a specific citation to Article X, Section 6 of the Hawaii State Constitution, establishing the pharmacist workforce plan as a matter of statewide concern.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the Act from July 1, 3000 to July 31, 2055.

TECHNICAL

Updated metadata including author names (Jeremy Patton to Finnley Brakke/Ainoa Naniole), bill version identifiers (HD3 to SD1), and revision numbers.

Minor formatting changes to fee descriptions, removing bracketed text and adjusting line breaks for consistency.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDU/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3392) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Fukunaga.

upper

Mar 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

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, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Awa.

upper

Mar 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDU/CPN, WAM.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 370).

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 679-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen.

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 132-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 6, 2026

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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to HED, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

15 primary · 0 co-sponsors