HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2026

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Rep. Gregg Takayama, Chair

Rep. Sue L. Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Terez Amato

Rep. Jenna Takenouchi

Rep. Daisy Hartsfield

Rep. David Alcos III

Rep. Lisa Marten

Rep. Diamond Garcia

Rep. Ikaika Olds

 

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday, January 30, 2026

TIME:

10:30 a.m.

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

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A G E N D A

 

HB 218

Status

RELATING TO HOSPITALS.

Requires any hospital with an operating room licensed by the Department of Health to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 469

Status

RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS.

Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to issue a disability travel placard to an applicant who has a valid removeable windshield placard and provides proof of travel.  Effective 7/1/2027.

 

HLT, JHA

HB 814

Status

RELATING TO CANNABIS.

Appropriates funds for the Department of Health to develop and implement a public health and informational campaign; administer grants to prevent substance misuse among youth; and administer grants to treat substance use disorder among youth.

 

HLT, FIN

HB 1452

Status

RELATING TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES.

Expands the types of health care providers who can submit an affidavit for a new certificate of birth for certain birth registrants.

 

HLT, CPC

HB 1481

Status

RELATING TO HUMAN REMAINS.

Requires any funeral establishment, mortuary, cemetery, crematory, or hydrolysis facility to dispose of the remains of a dead human body no later than sixty days from the date a burial-transit permit has been issued or from the date of an affidavit for amendment of the permit has been submitted.  Specifies that the Department of Health is not required to include specific disposition dates on the permit.

 

HLT, CPC

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Gregg Takayama

Chair