# Hawaii HB 951: RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Hawaii HB 951, RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) House bill sponsored by Gregg Takayama (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-16 (Act 065, 05/16/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165).) (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 951
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-05-16, Act 065, 05/16/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165).
- Sponsor: Gregg Takayama (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Subjects: Prescriptions, Opiates, Telehealth, Three-day Supply, Physicians, Health Care Providers, Prescriptive Authority, HHS, CPN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (197 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Allows a patient who has been seen in person by a health care provider who is in the same medical group as the prescribing provider authorized pursuant to section 329-33, HRS, to be prescribed an opiate prescription for a three-day supply or less via telehealth. (SD1)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Gregg Takayama (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cory M. Chun (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew Takuya Garrett (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Daniel Holt (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Darius K. Kila (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Marten (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Scot Z. Matayoshi (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Amy A. Perruso (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Elijah Pierick (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jenna Takenouchi (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrian K. Tam (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-21 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 23 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 3 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 10 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-12 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC... | pass | 48 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-07 | House | The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (35)

- 2025-05-16: Act 065, 05/16/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165). (Senate)
- 2025-05-16: Act 065, on 05/16/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165). (House)
- 2025-04-22: Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 794). (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 759). (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: House agrees to Senate amendment(s). (House)
- 2025-04-21: Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). (House)
- 2025-04-21: Transmitted to Governor. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Reconsideration of action taken on 04-08-25. (House)
- 2025-04-10: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 621). (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). (House)
- 2025-04-04: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 581) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-03: Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1643) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: One Day Notice 04-04-25. (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1261) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 305). (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to HHS, CPN. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-02-28: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1042) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-02-28: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. (House)
- 2025-02-19: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-02-14: Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-02-12: Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 515) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC. (House)
- 2025-02-12: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). (House)
- 2025-02-07: 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; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-02-05: Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 02-07-25 8:45AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-01-23: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2025-01-23: Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 3 (House)
- 2025-01-21: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB951_SD1_.pdf)
- HB951_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB951_HD1_.HTM)
- HB951_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB951_HD2_.HTM)
- HB951_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB951_SD1_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB951_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1165_.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)
- SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)
- SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE. (signed)
- SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. (signed)
- HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB951_SD1_.pdf)
- [HB951_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB951_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB951_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB951_HD2_.HTM)
- [HB951_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB951_SD1_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB951_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1165_.PDF)

## Related
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
- [SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1044-2025)
- [SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1231-2025)
- [SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB935-2025)
- [HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB703-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB951-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).