HB 97

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Mar 06, 2025
  • Passed House Mar 04, 2025
  • Passed Senate Apr 08, 2025
  • Became Law Jul 01, 2025

Relating To Travel Insurance.

Abstract

Establishes a new regulatory framework for the sale of travel insurance in the State, including licensing and registration requirements for limited lines travel insurance producers and travel retailers, respectively. (CD1)

Bill Sponsors (4)

Votes


Actions


Jul 01, 2025

Senate

Act 256, 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1359).

House

Act 256, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1359).

May 02, 2025

Senate

Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).

May 01, 2025

House

Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).

House

Transmitted to Governor.

Apr 30, 2025

House

Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

Senate

Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, Kim, McKelvey). Excused, 0 (none).

Apr 25, 2025

House

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Matayoshi, Templo; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matsumoto.

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25

Senate

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 133).

House

Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.

House

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 133) as amended in (CD 1).

Senate

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Fukunaga, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

Apr 24, 2025

House

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 10:30AM in conference room 411.

Apr 22, 2025

House

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 9:30AM in conference room 411.

Apr 21, 2025

House

Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 850).

Senate

Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Fukunaga, Keohokalole Co-Chairs.

Apr 15, 2025

Senate

Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).

Apr 14, 2025

House

House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Matayoshi, Templo Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.

Apr 11, 2025

Senate

Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

Apr 10, 2025

House

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

Apr 08, 2025

House

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 595) in amended form (SD 2).

Senate

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Kim). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

Apr 04, 2025

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

Senate

Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1720) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

Mar 27, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey, Richards.

Mar 21, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

Mar 18, 2025

Senate

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

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

Senate

Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1125) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

Mar 11, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Kim, Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

Mar 06, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

Senate

Referred to EDT, CPN.

  • Referral-Committee
Economic Development and Tourism Commerce and Consumer Protection

Senate

Passed First Reading.

Senate

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 186).

Mar 04, 2025

House

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

Feb 28, 2025

House

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1113), recommending passage on Third Reading.

Feb 26, 2025

House

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

House

Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-25 11:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Feb 25, 2025

House

The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-25.

Feb 21, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Feb 14, 2025

House

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

House

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 784) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

Feb 12, 2025

House

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Marten, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Lowen, Tam.

Feb 10, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Jan 30, 2025

House

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Consumer Protection & Commerce

House

Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 14) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

Jan 28, 2025

House

The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Hussey, Ilagan, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.

Jan 23, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Tuesday, 01-28-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Jan 21, 2025

House

Referred to TOU, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1

  • Referral-Committee
Tourism Consumer Protection & Commerce Finance

Jan 16, 2025

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 13, 2025

House

Prefiled.

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