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:
As introduced, this measure appropriates:
Operating
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FY 2025-2026 |
FY 2026-2027 |
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General Funds |
10,383,983,530 |
10,588,367,957 |
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All Means of Financing |
19,731,000,288 |
20,357,177,415 |
Capital Improvements
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FY 2025-2026 |
FY 2026-2027 |
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General Funds |
0 |
0 |
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General Obligation Bonds |
1,470,063,000 |
1,326,816,000 |
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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
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FY 2025-2026 |
FY 2026-2027 |
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General Funds |
10,383,983,530 |
10,629,119,864 |
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All Means of Financing |
19,731,000,288 |
20,397,929,322 |
Capital Improvements
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FY 2025-2026 |
FY 2026-2027 |
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General Funds |
0 |
0 |
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General Obligation Bonds |
1,470,231,000 |
1,283,316,000 |
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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
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FY 2025-2026 |
FY 2026-2027 |
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General Funds |
10,383,983,530 |
10,655,619,864 |
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All Means of Financing |
19,731,000,288 |
20,435,207,841 |
Capital Improvements
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FY 2025-2026 |
FY 2026-2027 |
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General Funds |
0 |
0 |
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General Obligation Bonds |
1,470,231,000 |
1,299,816,000 |
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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
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FY 2025-2026 |
FY 2026-2027 |
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General Funds |
10,382,808,318 |
10,698,536,208 |
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All Means of Financing |
19,731,346,448 |
20,468,952,330 |
Capital Improvements
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FY 2025-2026 |
FY 2026-2027 |
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General Funds |
0 |
0 |
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General Obligation Bonds |
1,428,063,000 |
1,439,586,000 |
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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,
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____________________________ CHRIS TODD, Chair |
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