# Hawaii SB 1434: RELATING TO UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION FUNDING PROGRAM.

Hawaii SB 1434, RELATING TO UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION FUNDING PROGRAM., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-04 (Act 175, 06/04/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1275).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 1434
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION FUNDING PROGRAM.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-06-04, Act 175, 06/04/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1275).
- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Universal Immunization Funding Program, Immunization Purchasing, Universal Immunization Purchase Special Fund, Appropriation, HLT, FIN
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 11 (208 yes, 34 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

Establishes the Universal Immunization Funding Program as a universal funding model for immunization purchases by the Department of Health, to increase statewide access to immunizations for all persons under age sixty-five. Establishes the Universal Immunization Purchase Special Fund, into which fees collected from assessed entities and other sources of funding will be deposited, for purposes of bulk purchasing immunizations and administering the program. Appropriates funds. (CD2)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Hawaii funds vaccines for residents: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Hawaii’s Department of Health runs a program to purchase and provide immunizations. The law transfers and appropriates $934,000 for fiscal year 2025–2026, or as much as needed, for vaccine purchases and program costs. The program fund keeps money that would otherwise go to t…
- Limits on claims against vaccine program: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law bars liability claims against the Hawaii Department of Health, its contractors, and its employees for actions or omissions while running the immunization program. This limit does not cover assessed entities’ liabilities under the law.
- Health plans face vaccine assessments: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, assessed entities must report covered people and pay monthly assessments. The director sets rates based on covered lives and fund needs; the law gives no fixed rate. The fund can hold reserves of up to 10% of the prior fiscal year’s program costs, plus unanticipated costs. U…
- Vaccine providers report doses to state: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Hawaii providers must report immunizations to the state registry when the vaccines come from federal or state programs. The Department of Health decides what information providers must report. The registry supports disease prevention and vaccine tracking.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-02 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 23 | 2 |   |
| 2025-05-02 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 40 | 9 |   |
| 2025-04-25 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-25 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 2 | 1 |   |
| 2025-04-03 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 41 | 8 |   |
| 2025-03-28 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 12 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN... | pass | 41 | 8 |   |
| 2025-03-14 | House | The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 23 | 2 |   |
| 2025-02-28 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 10 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-03 | Senate | The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (58)

- 2025-06-04: Act 175, 06/04/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1275). (Senate)
- 2025-06-04: Act 175, on 06/04/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1275). (House)
- 2025-05-02: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kila, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (9) and Representative(s) Cochran, Iwamoto excused (2). (House)
- 2025-05-02: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 889). (House)
- 2025-05-02: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 824). (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Floor Amendment No. 5 offered by Rep. Takayama. (House)
- 2025-04-30: Floor amendment adopted as amended CD 2 with none voting no and Representative(s) Cochran excused. (House)
- 2025-04-30: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-02-25. (House)
- 2025-04-30: Floor Amendment No. 13 offered. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2). (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Separated Committee Report. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Report filed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: 48 Hrs. Notice 05-02-25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:20 PM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Senate Conferees Changed: Senator Aquino added as Conferee. Senator Hashimoto discharged as Conferee. (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 882). (House)
- 2025-04-25: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Inouye, Aquino, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-04-25: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 198). (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 198) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-25: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. (House)
- 2025-04-24: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Inouye Co-Chair; Hashimoto, Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789). (House)
- 2025-04-14: House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Alcos. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 490). (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590). (House)
- 2025-04-03: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1932), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-04-03: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-03-28: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Reyes Oda; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward. (House)
- 2025-03-25: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1314) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). (House)
- 2025-03-14: The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Olds; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-03-11: Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 03-14-25 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-06: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 19 (House)
- 2025-03-04: 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)
- 2025-03-04: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 333) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2025-02-28: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Lee, C.. (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1035) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: One Day Notice 03-04-25. (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21. (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-25 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 424) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: 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)
- 2025-01-31: The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Referred to HHS, WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Introduced and passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Pending Introduction. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_CD2_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1275_.PDF)
- SB1434_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_CD1_.HTM)
- SB1434_CD1_HFA5: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_CD1_HFA5_.HTM)
- SB1434_CD1_SFA13: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_CD1_SFA13_.HTM)
- SB1434_CD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_CD2_.HTM)
- SB1434_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_HD1_.HTM)
- SB1434_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_SD1_.HTM)

## Related bills

- 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)
- SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_CD2_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1275_.PDF)
- [SB1434_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_CD1_.HTM)
- [SB1434_CD1_HFA5 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_CD1_HFA5_.HTM)
- [SB1434_CD1_SFA13 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_CD1_SFA13_.HTM)
- [SB1434_CD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_CD2_.HTM)
- [SB1434_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB1434_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1434_SD1_.HTM)

## Related
- [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)
- [SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1044-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1434-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).