HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2026

 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Chris Todd, Chair

Rep. Jenna Takenouchi, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Daisy Hartsfield

Rep. Dee Morikawa

Rep. Ikaika Hussey

Rep. Amy A. Perruso

Rep. Sue L. Keohokapu-Lee Loy

Rep. Shirley Ann Templo

Rep. Lisa Kitagawa

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Rep. Matthias Kusch

Rep. David Alcos III

Rep. Mike Lee

Rep. Joe Gedeon

Rep. Tyson K. Miyake

Rep. Julie Reyes Oda

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

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A G E N D A

 

HB 812, HD1

(HSCR392)

Status

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Authorizes a contract for the purchase of local produce having a value of more than $25,000 to be for a term of at least five years, under certain conditions.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

AGR, FIN

HB 2017, HD2

(HSCR748-26)

Status

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

For taxable years beginning 1/1/2027, establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for certain agricultural investment costs incurred for agricultural activities conducted on Hawaiian home lands.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)

 

AGR, JHA, FIN

HB 2113, HD1

(HSCR329-26)

Status

RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation for the removal of overgrown vegetation from the Kainahola Stream.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

AGR, FIN

HB 1605, HD1

(HSCR402-26)

Status

RELATING TO HUMAN AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience for the development of its human and community resilience institute.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

AGR, HED, FIN

HB 2139, HD1

(HSCR477-26)

Status

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to conduct a study on effective treatment methods to reduce populations of the Queensland Longhorn Beetle.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

AGR, HED, FIN

HB 2340, HD1

(HSCR406-26)

Status

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Makes an emergency appropriation for fiscal year 2025–2026 to the University of Hawaii to expand and sustain the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study and Maui Health Registry.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HED, FIN

HB 1676, HD1

(HSCR401-26)

Status

RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Establishes an Artificial Intelligence in Education Task Force to develop guidelines and recommendations for the use of artificial intelligence in state public education.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HED/EDN, FIN

HB 1872, HD1

(HSCR623-26)

Status

RELATING TO AN EARLY LEARNING APPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM.

Establishes an Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to provide financial support for early learning program service providers in the State to participate in state- or federally-approved early learning apprenticeship programs.  Requires an annual report to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HED/EDN, LAB, FIN

HB 1952, HD1

(HSCR590-26)

Status

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvements for the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience's Agricultural Research and Extension Station on Kauai.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HED, AGR, FIN

HB 1970, HD1

(HSCR298-26)

Status

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER.

Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Cancer Center Hawaii Tumor Registry.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HED, FIN

HB 2005, HD2

(HSCR639-26)

Status

RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS.

Establishes a statewide language access education and workforce development program at the University of Hawaii.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)

 

HED, LAB, FIN

HB 2159, HD2

(HSCR552-26)

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes positions and appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to support health care workforce development in the State.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)

 

HED, HLT, FIN

HB 2161, HD2

(HSCR679-26)

Status

RELATING TO PHARMACY.

Establishes the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Special Fund to support pharmacist workforce assessment and planning efforts.  Establishes the pharmacist workforce assessment fee.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)

 

HED, CPC, FIN

HB 2171, HD1

(HSCR541-26)

Status

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Authorizes the University of Hawaii to engage in enterprise-related activities for educational purposes, under certain circumstances.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HED, WAL, FIN

HB 2338, HD1

(HSCR300-26)

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROMISE PROGRAM.

Amends the Hawaii Community College Promise Program (Hawaii promise) to exclude grants, scholarships, and other funding sources from the calculation of Hawaii promise awards, allowing students to apply such funds toward indirect costs, including housing, food, and other living expenses, to reduce financial barriers and support student success.  Addresses the change in federal law regarding Pell Grants.  Changes Hawaii promise from being a last-dollar award.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HED, FIN

HB 2339, HD1

(HSCR302-26)

Status

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII REVENUE BONDS.

Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing qualifying priority capital improvement projects.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HED, FIN

HB 2384, HD2

(HSCR761-26)

Status

RELATING TO STUDENT-ATHLETE COMPENSATION.

Affirms student-athletes' rights to engage in name, image, and likeness activities for compensation.  Requires the University of Hawaii to adopt policies governing institutional name, image, and likeness agreements and other aspects of name, image, and likeness activity consistent with federal law, rules by an intercollegiate athletics governing body such as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and Title IX.  Establishes certain transparency and accountability requirements in the administration of institutional name, image, and likeness activities.  Provides protections and educational support for student-athletes who enter into name, image, and likeness agreements.  Appropriates funds.  Sunsets 6/30/2030.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)

 

HED, CPC/JHA, FIN

HB 2489, HD1

(HSCR301-26)

Status

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates moneys to establish a bachelor's degree program in American Sign Language interpretation at the University of Hawaii Manoa campus with a multi-year plan to include a master's degree program for interpreter training.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HED, FIN

HB 2519, HD1

(HSCR613-26)

Status

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes block appropriations and increases fiscal flexibility for the University of Hawaii.  Establishes a University of Hawaii Budget Stabilization Fund, authorizes limited procurement and fiscal exemptions, and implements performance‑based funding metrics.  Requires annual fiscal and performance reporting to the Legislature and provides a transition framework for the move to block budgeting.  Effective July 1, 3000.  (HD1)

 

HED, FIN

 

 

 

HB 2547

Status

RELATING TO CORPORATE BONDS.

Authorizes the Director of Finance to invest certain state moneys in short-term investment grade corporate bonds.

 

FIN

HB 2280

Status

RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND.

Appropriates moneys out of the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027 to maintain the levels of programs determined to be essential to education, public health, and public welfare, to provide for counter cyclical economic and employment programs of economic downturn, to restore facilities destroyed or damaged or services disrupted by disaster, and to meet other emergencies declared by the governor or determined to be urgent by the legislature.

 

FIN

HB 1565, HD2

(HSCR738-26)

Status

RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.

Establishes a working group within the Judiciary to improve family court processes, including access to legal representation for youth in the child welfare system.  Appropriates funds for the working group.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)

 

HSH, JHA, FIN

HB 2310, HD1

(HSCR523-26)

Status

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Provides an emergency appropriation to the Department of Human Services to replace general fund appropriations redirected to provide emergency food assistance during the 2025 federal government shutdown.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HSH, FIN

HB 2561, HD2

(HSCR735-26)

Status

RELATING TO FERAL ANIMALS.

Declares feral chickens on public lands as a public nuisance and controllable pest in a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more.  Prohibits supporting feral chickens on public lands, including by feeding chickens.  Prohibits the abandonment of chickens on public lands or on private property without consent.  Establishes fines and authorized enforcing agencies.  Appropriates funds for the receipt, handling, and humane disposition of feral chickens that have already been caught.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)

 

AGR, JHA, FIN

HB 2329

Status

RELATING TO CONFORMITY TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2025.

 

FIN

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Chris Todd

Chair