# Hawaii HB 303: RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTORS.

Hawaii HB 303, RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTORS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) House bill sponsored by Gregg Takayama (Democratic); status passed senate, last action 2025-04-17 (Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Keohokalole, Inouye Co-Chairs; Fevella.) (as of 2026-10-28).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 303
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTORS.
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-16
- Last action: 2025-04-17, Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Keohokalole, Inouye Co-Chairs; Fevella.
- Sponsor: Gregg Takayama (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Subjects: Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit, Dietitians, Physician Assistants, Social Workers, Residency Programs, Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee, Director of Health, HHS, CPN/WAM
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors, including removing "primary care" from the criteria to qualify as a preceptor. Adds dietitians, physician assistants, and social workers to the list of preceptors and eligible students. Expands eligibility for the tax credit to include accredited residency programs that require preceptor support. Adds the Director of Health and representatives of residency programs with eligible students to the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD2)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Gregg Takayama (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Kitagawa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Marten (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tyson K. Miyake (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ikaika Olds (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Elijah Pierick (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jackson D. Sayama (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Democratic), House

## Actions (33)

- 2025-04-17: Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Keohokalole, Inouye Co-Chairs; Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 826). (House)
- 2025-04-11: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). (House)
- 2025-04-08: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 616) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2025-04-04: Reported from CPN/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1818) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: The committee(s) on CPN/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1152) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 95). (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Referred to HHS, CPN/WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 903), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-02-28: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-02-21: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Lee, M., Alcos, Ward. (House)
- 2025-02-19: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-02-12: Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 501) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN. (House)
- 2025-02-12: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). (House)
- 2025-02-07: The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-07-25 10:15AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-01-31: Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD. (House)
- 2025-01-31: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on ECD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Templo, Ward excused (3). (House)
- 2025-01-29: 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, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-01-23: Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 01-29-25 10:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-01-21: Referred to HLT, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 1 (House)
- 2025-01-17: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2025-01-16: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_SD2_.pdf)
- HB303_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_HD1_.HTM)
- HB303_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_HD2_.HTM)
- HB303_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_SD1_.HTM)
- HB303_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_SD2_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed)
- SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed)
- HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_SD2_.pdf)
- [HB303_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB303_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_HD2_.HTM)
- [HB303_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_SD1_.HTM)
- [HB303_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_SD2_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB303_.PDF)

## Related
- [SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB572-2025)
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025)
- [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025)
- [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB303-2025 (as of 2026-10-28).