HB 646 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME.

Summary

Requires the Department of Human Services to automatically enroll, or authorize the Social Security Administration to automatically enroll, in the State's Medicaid program any individual in the State who receives federal Supplemental Security Income benefits. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

HB646 → HB646_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to update the bill number and author information, standardize the text formatting, and change the effective date from immediate approval to July 1, 3000. These changes ensure the legislation is correctly identified and set a future date for implementation, likely to allow time for administrative preparation.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains unchanged; it still mandates the automatic enrollment of Supplemental Security Income recipients into Hawaii's Medicaid program.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000'.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated from 'HB646' to 'HB646 HD1' to reflect the House of Representatives version.

The sponsoring representative was changed from Shelby Ichiyama to Chris Kobayashi.

Various metadata fields, including bill numbers, page counts, and dates, were updated to reflect the new version.

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 256) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

9 primary · 0 co-sponsors