HB 1194

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Mar 06, 2025
  • Passed House Mar 04, 2025
  • Passed Senate Apr 10, 2025
  • Became Law May 05, 2025

Relating To Midwives.

Abstract

Makes laws regulating midwives and the practice of midwifery permanent. Clarifies the scope of practice of midwifery. Establishes licensure requirements for certified midwives and certified professional midwives. Establishes continuing education requirements. Grants global signature authority to midwives. Grants prescriptive authority to licensed midwives practicing as certified midwives and amends the list of approved legend drugs that may be administered by midwives. Establishes peer review and data submission requirements. Affirms that the practice of midwifery does not include Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices. Clarifies exemptions from licensure and grounds for refusal to grant, renew, reinstate, or restore licenses or for revocation, suspension, denial, or condition of a license. Clarifies medical record availability and retention requirements for the purposes of medical torts. (SD3)

Bill Sponsors (4)

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Actions


May 05, 2025

Senate

Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 028, 05/05/2025, (Gov. Msg. No. 1128).

House

Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 028, 05/02/2025, (Gov. Msg. No. 1128).

Apr 15, 2025

Senate

Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 730).

Apr 14, 2025

House

House agrees to Senate amendment(s).

Senate

Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 714).

House

Transmitted to Governor.

House

Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Garcia, Grandinetti, Hussey, Iwamoto, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Perruso, Pierick, Poepoe, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza voting no (16) and none excused (0).

Apr 11, 2025

House

Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-25.

Senate

Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 705).

Apr 10, 2025

House

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

House

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 777) in amended form (SD 3).

Senate

Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara, Richards. Noes, 4 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Gabbard, McKelvey). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Transmitted to House.

Apr 08, 2025

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-25

Senate

Report filed.

Senate

Separated Committee Report.

Senate

Floor amendment adopted as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 23. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none).

Senate

Floor Amendment No. 8 offered.

Apr 04, 2025

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

Senate

Reported from CPN/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1738) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

Apr 01, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Gabbard, Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

Senate

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

Mar 24, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

Mar 21, 2025

Senate

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

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Commerce and Consumer Protection Judiciary

Senate

Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1286) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.

Mar 17, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

Mar 14, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on HHS deferred the measure until 03-17-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

Mar 11, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-25 1:00PM; Auditorium & Videoconference.

Mar 10, 2025

Senate

Re-Referred to HHS, CPN/JDC.

Mar 06, 2025

Senate

Referred to HHS/CPN, WAM/JDC.

  • Referral-Committee
Health and Human Services Commerce and Consumer Protection Ways and Means Judiciary

Senate

Passed First Reading.

Senate

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 346).

Mar 04, 2025

House

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Garcia, Grandinetti, Hussey, Iwamoto, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Perruso, Poepoe, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza voting no (15) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

House

Floor amendment failed with Noes, 1 (Representative(s) Takayama). Excused, 2 (Representative(s) Pierick, Ward).

House

Floor Amendment No. 3 offered by Rep. Belatti.

House

Floor amendment failed following Roll Call vote: Ayes, 15. Noes, 34 (Representative(s) Chun, Evslin, Garrett, Hashem, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kahaloa, Kapela, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kila, Kitagawa, Kong, Kusch, La Chica, Lamosao, Lee, M., Lowen, Marten, Matayoshi, Miyake, Morikawa, Nakamura, Olds, Quinlan, Sayama, Takayama, Takenouchi, Tam, Tarnas, Templo, Todd, Woodson, Yamashita). Excused, 2 (Representative(s) Pierick, Ward).

House

Floor Amendment No. 2 offered by Rep. Belatti.

Feb 28, 2025

House

Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.

House

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1168) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

Feb 26, 2025

House

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Grandinetti; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Hussey, Alcos, Reyes Oda; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

Feb 24, 2025

House

Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-25 10:50AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Feb 21, 2025

House

The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

Feb 19, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-25 3:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Feb 14, 2025

House

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Kong, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Hussey, Perruso, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Finance

House

Reported from HLT/CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 794) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

Feb 10, 2025

House

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.

House

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Chun, Marten, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Amato, Olds; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and Excused: none.

Feb 07, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT/CPC on Monday, 02-10-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Jan 27, 2025

House

Referred to HLT/CPC, FIN, referral sheet 4

  • Referral-Committee
Health Consumer Protection & Commerce Finance

Jan 23, 2025

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 22, 2025

House

Pending introduction.

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