STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2139-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 2075

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2075, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require purchasing agencies to apply a five percent flat rate local preference in evaluating bids or proposals from qualified Hawaii bidders or offerors who submit a timely preference certification;

(2) Establish criteria for a bid or proposal to qualify for a local preference;

(3) Establish requirements for the qualification and certification of Hawaii bidders and offerors and consequences for failure to maintain qualification; and

(4) Require the Procurement Policy Board to adopt rules.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Economic Revitalization of the City and County of Honolulu; Economic Revitalization Commission of the City and County of Honolulu; Maui Chamber of Commerce; Kapolei Chamber of Commerce; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; Hawaii Food Industry Association; Retail Merchants of Hawaiʻi; Holomua Collaborative; Mana Up; aio Family of Companies; HPM Building Supply; Title Guaranty of Hawaiʻi; and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the maximum total preference, total bid price, and total contract value amounts to unspecified amounts.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2075, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2075, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair