STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1208-26

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2026

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1800

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

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. 1800 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the operating and capital improvement costs of the Executive Branch for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.

 

     As introduced, this measure appropriates:

 

Operating

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

10,383,983,530

10,588,367,957

All Means of Financing

19,731,000,288

20,357,177,415

 

Capital Improvements

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

0

0

General Obligation Bonds

1,470,063,000

1,326,816,000

All Means of Financing

3,421,551,000

4,298,571,000

 

     Governor's Message No. 2, dated January 30, 2026, amended the Executive Supplemental Budget request to:

 

Operating

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

10,383,983,530

10,629,119,864

All Means of Financing

19,731,000,288

20,397,929,322

 

Capital Improvements

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

0

0

General Obligation Bonds

1,470,231,000

1,283,316,000

All Means of Financing

3,421,719,000

4,255,071,000

 

     Governor's Message No. 5, dated March 2, 2026, further amended the Executive Supplemental Budget request to:

 

Operating

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

10,383,983,530

10,655,619,864

All Means of Financing

19,731,000,288

20,435,207,841

 

Capital Improvements

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

0

0

General Obligation Bonds

1,470,231,000

1,299,816,000

All Means of Financing

3,421,719,000

4,271,571,000

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor; Department of the Attorney General; Department of Budget and Finance; Department of Taxation; Department of Accounting and General Services; Department of Human Resources Development; Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity; Department of Education; University of Hawaiʻi System; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, including the Creative Industries Division; Department of Transportation; Department of Health; Department of Human Services; Department of Law Enforcement; Stadium Authority; Executive Office on Aging; Executive Office on Early Learning; Office of Wellness and Resilience; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Hawaiʻi State Public Library System; School Facilities Authority; Green Fee Advisory Council; Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority; Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions; Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Law Enforcement Standards Board; Early Learning Board; Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Corporate Board of Directors; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation West Hawaii Region; Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority; Marine and Coastal Zone Advocacy Council; Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission; Office of the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu; one member of the Maui County Council; one member of the Kauaʻi County Council; Civil Air Patrol; Hawaiian Council; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Holomua Collaborative; Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo; Hawaii Primary Care Association; ʻŌlelo Community Media; Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi; Care for ʻĀina Now Coalition; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; Maui Hotel and Lodging Association; Parents and Children Together; Hawaii Reef and Ocean Coalition; Climate Protectors Hawaii; The Queen's Health Systems; Share Your Mana; Title Guaranty of Hawaiʻi; Mana Up; HPM Building Supply; Maui Invasive Species Committee; Simonpietri Enterprises LLC; Auwahi Forest Restoration Project; AlohaCare; Hawaiʻi Audubon Society; Hawaiʻi True Cost Coalition; Kauaʻi Search and Rescue; Mālama Learning Center; Agriculture Stewardship Hawaiʻi; Koʻolau Mountains Watershed Partnership; Hawaiʻi SAR Alliance; Local Food Coalition; Na Manu ʻElele Steward Program; Maui Bicycling League; Hawaiʻi Island Group of the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi Green Growth; Hawaiʻi Hotel Alliance; American Hotel & Lodging Association; Friends of Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge; and numerous individuals.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Recycle Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi Unites; and Chamber of Sustainable Commerce.

 

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Business Development and Support Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority; Office of the Mayor of the County of Maui; Kamehemeha Schools; The Nature Conservancy Hawaiʻi and Palmyra; and five individuals.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing various appropriation amounts;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity, consistency and style.

 

As amended, this measure appropriates:

 

Operating

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

10,382,808,318

10,698,536,208

All Means of Financing

19,731,346,448

20,468,952,330

 

Capital Improvements

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

0

0

General Obligation Bonds

1,428,063,000

1,439,586,000

All Means of Financing

3,379,551,000

4,402,914,000

 

 

     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. 1800, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1800, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

____________________________

CHRIS TODD, Chair