HB 223 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 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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HB223 → HB223_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change its effective date from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, and updated internal tracking numbers and metadata. These changes appear to be administrative corrections to the bill's timeline and versioning rather than substantive policy shifts regarding pharmacy regulations or funding.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

Internal bill identifiers, such as the bill number and revision metadata, were updated.

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Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 147) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HED, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

11 primary · 0 co-sponsors