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State Government / Hawaii / Legislation / HB 646

HB 646Session 2026HouseIn committee

RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME.

Source-provided summary

Requires the Department of Human Services to automatically enroll, or authorize the Social Security Administration to automatically enroll, in the State's Medicaid program any individual in the State who receives federal Supplemental Security Income benefits. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Latest development · Dec 8, 2025

Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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Session
2026
Introduced
Jan 17, 2025
Latest passage
Date unavailable
TopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

Topics and classification

Civixly topics

HealthElections & Government

Source subjects

Automatic EnrollmentDHSMedicaidReportsSupplemental Security Income Program

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorAMATO
Primary sponsorGRANDINETTI
Primary sponsor

HOLT

Primary sponsorIWAMOTO
Primary sponsorMARTEN
Primary sponsorOLDS
Primary sponsorPERRUSO
Primary sponsorPOEPOE
Primary sponsorTAKAYAMA

Action timeline

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  1. Dec 8, 2025

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    Carried OverHawaii State Legislature
  2. Feb 10, 2025

    Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 256) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

    House
  3. Feb 10, 2025

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4).

    Reading 2Referral CommitteeHouse
  4. Feb 4, 2025

    The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    Committee Passage FavorableHouse
  5. Jan 31, 2025

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-04-25 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

    House
  6. Jan 21, 2025

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    IntroductionReading 1House
  7. Jan 21, 2025

    Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 2

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  8. Jan 17, 2025

    Pending introduction.

    House

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GM 1360Updated Jul 15, 2026

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GM 1361Updated Jul 15, 2026

Informing the Legislature that on July 15, 2026, the Governor signed the following bill into law: SB2999 SD1 HD2 CD1 (ACT 258).

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Source data last updated Jul 15, 2026.