STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1157-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 1663

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 H.B. No. 1663, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the State or a county to reimburse an officer or employee for work-related travel costs that the officer or employee loaned to the State or a county within thirty calendar days of submitting an approved statement of completed travel;

(2) Require the State or a county to pay interest on a loan not reimbursed within thirty calendar days until the loan is fully reimbursed;

(3) Obligate an officer or employee to request a complete refund from the travel vendor for travel not taken; and

(4) Entitle an officer or employee to reimbursement from the State or a county when a travel vendor offers a partial refund or no refund.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and University of Hawaii Professional Assembly. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office and Hawaiʻi State Public Library System.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 1663, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1663, H.D. 2.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair