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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.

Passed

Introduced by Michelle Kidani, District 18

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

May 12, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Health and Human Services: Passed, Unamended · March 30, 2026

3

Yes

1

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Joy San Buenaventura2Yes
Dru Kanuha3Yes
Angus McKelvey6Yes
Kurt Fevella20No
Jarrett Keohokalole24Absent

Bill history

  1. Offered.

  2. Referred to HHS.

  3. The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-30-26 1:07PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  4. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole.

  5. Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3494) with recommendation of adoption.

  6. One Day Notice 04-09-26.

  7. Report and Resolution Adopted. Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) DeCorte, Fevella). Transmitted to House.

  8. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 439).

  9. Referred to HLT, referral sheet 27

  10. Resolution scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday, 04-23-26 8:45AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  11. The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Marten, Olds.

  12. Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2248-26), recommending adoption.

  13. Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Kapela excused (1).

  14. Transmitted to Senate.

  15. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 825).

  16. Resolution adopted in final form.

  17. Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

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