# Hawaii HB 2187: RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Hawaii HB 2187, RELATING TO HEALTH CARE., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by LA CHICA; status failed, last action 2026-03-10 (Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 193).) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2187-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Hawaii HB 2187 - State: Hawaii - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) - Title: RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-26 - Last action: 2026-03-10, Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 193). - Sponsor: LA CHICA - Cosponsors: 21 - Subjects: Health Care Facilities, Health Care Providers, Emergency Medical Services, Medical Debt, Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies, HHS/CPN, JDC - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (115 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Prohibits health care facilities, health care providers, and emergency medical services from furnishing medical debt to a consumer credit reporting agency. Prohibits consumer credit reporting agencies from reporting or maintaining medical debt information in the file on a consumer. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: LA CHICA - Cosponsor: Terez Amato (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Della Au Belatti (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Joe Gedeon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tina Nakada Grandinetti (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Ikaika Hussey (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Greggor Ilagan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kim Coco Iwamoto (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kirstin Kahaloa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jeanne Kapela (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY - Cosponsor: Lisa Marten (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Dee Morikawa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Ikaika Olds (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Amy A. Perruso (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mahina Poepoe (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sean Quinlan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie Reyes Oda (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kanani Souza (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Gregg Takayama (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Adrian K. Tam (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Shirley Ann Templo (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2026-03-03 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2026-02-18 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC... | pass | 49 | 1 | | | 2026-02-13 | House | The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (14) - 2026-03-10: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 193). (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Passed First Reading. (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Referred to HHS/CPN, JDC. (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 984-26), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House) - 2026-03-06: Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. (House) - 2026-03-03: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick. (House) - 2026-02-27: Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2026-02-18: Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 358-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC. (House) - 2026-02-18: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). (House) - 2026-02-13: The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Olds, Alcos, Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House) - 2026-02-10: Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 02-13-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2026-01-30: Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 5 (House) - 2026-01-28: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House) - 2026-01-26: Pending introduction. (House) ## Bill text - Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2187_HD1_.pdf) - HB2187_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2187_HD1_.HTM) - Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2187_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2187_.PDF) ## Related bills - SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law) - HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed) - HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed) - SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed) - HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed) - HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH. (signed) ## Sources - [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2187_HD1_.pdf) - [HB2187_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2187_HD1_.HTM) - [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2187_.HTM) - [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2187_.PDF) ## Related - [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026) - [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026) - [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026) - [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026) - [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026) - [HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1973-2026) - [Hawaii bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii/bills) - [Hawaii state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2187-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).