STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1209-26

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2026

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2095

      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. 2095, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

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

 

As introduced and passed through your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, this measure appropriates:

 

Operating

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

201,725,676

206,025,480

All Means of Financing

214,571,429

218,871,233

 

Capital Improvements

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

0

0

General Obligation Bonds

12,900,000

55,400,000

All Means of Financing

12,900,000

55,400,000

 

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary; Hawaii State Bar Association; Parents and Children Together; Hawaiʻi Children's Action Network Speaks!; and two individuals.

 

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing various appropriation amounts; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

As amended, this measure appropriates:

 

Operating

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

201,725,676

205,795,534

All Means of Financing

214,571,429

218,830,167

 

Capital Improvements

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

General Funds

0

0

General Obligation Bonds

12,900,000

45,400,000

All Means of Financing

12,900,000

45,400,000

 

     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. 2095, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2095, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

____________________________

CHRIS TODD, Chair