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Name	Chamber	Date	Topic
House Standing Committee on Health	House	Mar 25, 2026
SB 2408 - DOH; Medical Cannabis; Health Care Facilities; Compassionate Access SB 3302 - DOH; Farm Kitchens; Home Kitchens; Homemade Food Products; Rules SB 2934 - DOH; Emergency Medical Services; Advanced Life Support Ambulance; Central Maui; Appropriation SB 2175 - Waste Management; Disposable Electronic Smoking Devices; Sale, Offer for Sale, Distribution; Prohibition; Penalties SB 2418 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act; Controlled Substances; Drug Paraphernalia; Repeal SB 3203 - DOH; State Emergency Medical Services System; Statewide Air Medical Services Program; Positions; Emergency Medical Services Special Fund SB 2095 - DOH; PFAS Working Group; PFAS; Toxic Chemicals; Reports SB 2340 - DOH; Community Care Foster Family Homes; Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Medicaid Waivers; Housing Access HCR 16 - REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY PROTON BEAM THERAPY FOR CANCER TREATMENT. HCR 23 - requesting the auditor to assess the social and financial effects of mandatory health insurance coverage for prosthetic devices and orthotic devices. HR 22 - urging the united states congress to pass H.r. 2687, also known as the end kidney deaths act. HR 5 - Affirming and supporting the REQUIREMENT that hospitals provide life-saving emergency care to pregnant people, including reproductive and abortion services, when such care is medically necessary to stabilize a patient under the Emergency medical treatment and Active labor act. HCR 35 - REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO assess the SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL effects of MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR biomarker testing. HCR 105 - REQUESTING THE CENTER FOR NURSING TO COMPILE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RECOMMENDED SAFE PATIENT STAFFING STRATEGIES AND RATIOS FOR ALL NURSING SPECIALTIES AND SUBSPECIALTIES ACROSS ALL HEALTH CARE SETTINGS, AND TO MAINTAIN A REPOSITORY FOR THIS INFORMATION. HCR 146 - URGING THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF "EXCITED DELIRIUM", OR SIMILAR PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS, AS A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, CAUSE OF DEATH, OR LEGAL THEORY IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. SB 2408 - DOH; Medical Cannabis; Health Care Facilities; Compassionate Access SB 3302 - DOH; Farm Kitchens; Home Kitchens; Homemade Food Products; Rules SB 2934 - DOH; Emergency Medical Services; Advanced Life Support Ambulance; Central Maui; Appropriation SB 2175 - Waste Management; Disposable Electronic Smoking Devices; Sale, Offer for Sale, Distribution; Prohibition; Penalties SB 2418 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act; Controlled Substances; Drug Paraphernalia; Repeal SB 3203 - DOH; State Emergency Medical Services System; Statewide Air Medical Services Program; Positions; Emergency Medical Services Special Fund SB 2095 - DOH; PFAS Working Group; PFAS; Toxic Chemicals; Reports SB 2340 - DOH; Community Care Foster Family Homes; Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Medicaid Waivers; Housing Access
Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment	Senate	Mar 30, 2026
SCR 160 - URGING THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES' HOMELESS PROGRAMS OFFICE, statewide OFFICE On HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING SOLUTIONS, AND HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO CREATE A HOUSING LADDER program TO help INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES GRADUATE INTO UNSUBSIDIZED HOUSING. SCR 30 - requesting the AUDITOR to assess the social and financial effects of mandating health insurance coverage for brief cognitive assessments for individuals fifty years of age and older. SCR 24 - Supporting the governor's decision to join the west coast health alliance to guide public health decisions. SCR 8 - urging the counties to act on any building permit application for modification of a residence that is prescribed by a licensed health care provider and found by the county to be essential to the safety or health of an older adult or person with a DISABILITY within forty-five days of receipt of a complete application. SCR 90 - requesting the planning or planning and permitting department of each county to establish kupuna-friendly building permit requirements for parking accessibility and private businesses operating hours. SCR 24 - Supporting the governor's decision to join the west coast health alliance to guide public health decisions. SCR 8 - urging the counties to act on any building permit application for modification of a residence that is prescribed by a licensed health care provider and found by the county to be essential to the safety or health of an older adult or person with a DISABILITY within forty-five days of receipt of a complete application. SCR 90 - requesting the planning or planning and permitting department of each county to establish kupuna-friendly building permit requirements for parking accessibility and private businesses operating hours. SCR 35 - Requesting the auditor to assess both social and financial effects of proposed mandated health insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism and for applied behavioral analysis services. SCR 39 - establishing the mattress stewardship program design working group to study, evaluate, and make recommendations on the structure and IMPLEMENTATION of a statewide mattress stewardship program. SCR 142 - URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO MAKE recommendationS ON the ESTABLISHMENT OF DUST MONITORING STATIONS IN AND AROUND WAIMANALO GULCH TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. SCR 39 - establishing the mattress stewardship program design working group to study, evaluate, and make recommendations on the structure and IMPLEMENTATION of a statewide mattress stewardship program. SCR 142 - URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO MAKE recommendationS ON the ESTABLISHMENT OF DUST MONITORING STATIONS IN AND AROUND WAIMANALO GULCH TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. SCR 18 - REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF PROPOSED MANDATED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR INTRAVENOUS KETAMINE THERAPY TO TREAT DEPRESSION. SCR 76 - REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO assess the SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL effects of MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR biomarker testing. SCR 51 - REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY PROTON BEAM THERAPY FOR CANCER TREATMENT. SCR 150 - requesting the governor to obtain a controlled substance exemption from the drug enforcement administration for registered medical cannabis patients and registration waivers for state-licensed dispensaries. SCR 119 - REQUESTING THE CENTER FOR NURSING TO COMPILe a comprehensive list of RECOMMENDED safe patient staffing ratios for all nursing specialties and subspecialties across all health care settings and to maintain a repository for this information. HCR 105 - REQUESTING THE CENTER FOR NURSING TO COMPILE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RECOMMENDED SAFE PATIENT STAFFING STRATEGIES AND RATIOS FOR ALL NURSING SPECIALTIES AND SUBSPECIALTIES ACROSS ALL HEALTH CARE SETTINGS, AND TO MAINTAIN A REPOSITORY FOR THIS INFORMATION. SCR 149 - REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ASSESS THE SERVICES AND FUNDING NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF COMPLEX PATIENTS WHO HAVE TWO OR MORE DIAGNOSES THAT INCLUDE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, OR CHRONIC PHYSICAL ILLNESSES. SCR 63 - REQUESTING THE DISABILITY AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS BOARD TO STUDY the COMMUNICATION NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING, OR DEAF-BLIND in health care settings and make necessary revisions to the guidance for health care providers. SCR 75 - URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO LEAD A COORDINATED INTERDEPARTMENTAL EFFORT TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN THE STATE, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAN FOR INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION TO ENSURE THE COORDINATION OF SUPPORT SERVICES. SCR 21 - requesting the hawaiʻi health Systems Corporation's East Hawaiʻi Regional health care system to conduct a feasibility study on establishing a Rural Health Clinic or comparable rural health access point to serve the volcano community. SCR 7 - Affirming and supporting the REQUIREMENT that hospitals provide life-saving emergency care to pregnant people, including reproductive and abortion services, when such care is medically necessary to stabilize a patient under the Emergency medical treatment and Active labor act. SCR 45 - supporting THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH's efforts TO COORDINATE the STOCKPILING OF A THREE-YEAR SUPPLY OF MIFEPRISTONE. SCR 27 - urging MAUI HEALTH system to collaborate with stakeholders to establish a FULL-TIME medical residency program on the island of maui.
Senate Standing Committee on Health and Human Services	Senate	Apr 17, 2026
HCR 18 - REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A HOSPICE WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE TRENDS AND REGULATIONS IN THE HOSPICE INDUSTRY. HCR 32 - REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR'S SENIOR ADVISOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO formulate a plan to create places of shelter for persons under civil commitment and for persons who have been recently released from the Hawaii State Hospital and are at risk of recidivism. HCR 35 - REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO assess the SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL effects of MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR biomarker testing. HCR 105 - REQUESTING THE CENTER FOR NURSING TO COMPILE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RECOMMENDED SAFE PATIENT STAFFING STRATEGIES AND RATIOS FOR ALL NURSING SPECIALTIES AND SUBSPECIALTIES ACROSS ALL HEALTH CARE SETTINGS, AND TO MAINTAIN A REPOSITORY FOR THIS INFORMATION. HCR 173 - URGING MAUI HEALTH SYSTEM TO COLLABORATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO ESTABLISH A FULL-TIME MEDICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM ON THE ISLAND OF MAUI. HCR 18 - REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A HOSPICE WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE TRENDS AND REGULATIONS IN THE HOSPICE INDUSTRY. HCR 32 - REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR'S SENIOR ADVISOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO formulate a plan to create places of shelter for persons under civil commitment and for persons who have been recently released from the Hawaii State Hospital and are at risk of recidivism. HCR 35 - REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO assess the SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL effects of MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR biomarker testing. HCR 105 - REQUESTING THE CENTER FOR NURSING TO COMPILE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RECOMMENDED SAFE PATIENT STAFFING STRATEGIES AND RATIOS FOR ALL NURSING SPECIALTIES AND SUBSPECIALTIES ACROSS ALL HEALTH CARE SETTINGS, AND TO MAINTAIN A REPOSITORY FOR THIS INFORMATION. HCR 173 - URGING MAUI HEALTH SYSTEM TO COLLABORATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO ESTABLISH A FULL-TIME MEDICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM ON THE ISLAND OF MAUI.