# Hawaii SB 2623: RELATING TO LICENSING.

Hawaii SB 2623, RELATING TO LICENSING., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) Senate bill sponsored by Dru Mamo Kanuha (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-05-26 (Act 036, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 2623
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO LICENSING.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-23
- Last action: 2026-05-26, Act 036, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136).
- Sponsor: Dru Mamo Kanuha (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Board of Pharmacy, Registered Pharmacy Technicians, Certificates of Registration, Age, Renewal, CPC
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 10 (219 yes, 4 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Specifies that registered pharmacy technicians must be at least sixteen years old. Clarifies when registered pharmacy technicians are authorized to administer vaccinations. Authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to renew certificates of registration for registered pharmacy technicians. Clarifies renewal requirements and forfeiture and restoration provisions for certificates of registration. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New age and renewal rules for technicians: mixed, low. Pharmacy technicians must be at least 16 and hold a state registration certificate. They must be at least 18 and meet other requirements to give vaccinations. Certificates renew by December 31 of each odd-numbered year; missing the biennial fee deadline forfeits the certificate. Technicians can see…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Dru Mamo Kanuha (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 48 | 3 |   |
| 2026-05-01 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 24 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-27 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 2 | 1 |   |
| 2026-04-27 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-14 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-09 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-31 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |

## Actions (43)

- 2026-05-26: Act 036, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136). (Senate)
- 2026-05-26: Act 036, on 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136). (House)
- 2026-05-08: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Cochran, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-05-05: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814). (House)
- 2026-05-01: Deferred one day 05-06-26. (House)
- 2026-05-01: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 28-26). (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26. (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 28-26) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2026-04-29: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26. (House)
- 2026-04-27: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lamosao, Fukunaga, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-04-27: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-04-24: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 3:15PM in conference room 224. (House)
- 2026-04-23: Senate Conferees Appointed: Lamosao Chair; Fukunaga, Awa. (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 740). (House)
- 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi Chair; Grandinetti, Pierick. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 684). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). (House)
- 2026-04-14: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-04-09: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1969-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-04-09: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). (House)
- 2026-03-31: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen. (House)
- 2026-03-27: Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-12: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2026-03-12: Referred to CPC, referral sheet 17 (House)
- 2026-03-10: Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 274) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2026-03-06: Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2878) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 2) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26. (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: 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, Lamosao, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-04-26 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS and be recommitted. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey. (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2719) as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of recommittal to CPN. (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and recommitted to CPN. (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Referred to CPN. (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Introduced. (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Passed First Reading. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_CD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1136_.PDF)
- SB2623_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_CD1_.HTM)
- SB2623_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_HD1_.HTM)
- SB2623_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_SD1_.HTM)
- SB2623_SD1_PROPOSED: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_SD1_PROPOSED_.HTM)
- SB2623_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_SD2_.HTM)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2031: RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_CD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1136_.PDF)
- [SB2623_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_CD1_.HTM)
- [SB2623_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB2623_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_SD1_.HTM)
- [SB2623_SD1_PROPOSED (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_SD1_PROPOSED_.HTM)
- [SB2623_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2623_SD2_.HTM)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [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 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 2031: RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2031-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2623-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).