HB 815 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Summary

Requires the health benefits plan or plans established by the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund board to meet or exceed the requirements of the Prepaid Health Care Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1).

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB815 → HB815_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to reflect its first House of Delegates reading, changing the author from Zoe to Alannys and adjusting internal tracking numbers. The most significant substantive change is the effective date of the Act, which was altered from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder or error during the drafting process.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding health insurance requirements remains unchanged, but the timeline for implementation has been drastically extended to the year 3000.

TIMELINE

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

TECHNICAL

The bill author was updated from Zoe to Alannys, and internal version control numbers were adjusted.

Formatting and capitalization were standardized, such as changing the title case to all caps for the subject matter description.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to LBT, WAM.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 131).

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 556), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 13) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors