STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3732

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2095

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2095, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate supplemental funds for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary; Third Circuit of the Judiciary; Office of Enterprise Technology Services; Catholic Charities Hawaii; Hale Kipa, Inc.; Child and Family Service; Parents And Children Together; Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Hawaii Children's Action Network Speaks!; Partners in Development Foundation; Aloha United Way; Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc.; True Cost Coalition; Lanakila Pacific; Hawaii Youth Services Network; Malama Aina Foundation; and four individuals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing various appropriation amounts;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2026; and

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

This measure, as amended, makes the following appropriations:

Operating	Fiscal Year 2025-26	Fiscal Year 2026-27
General Funds	$201,725,676	$204,105,143
All Means of Financing	$214,571,429	$215,969,243

Capital Improvement	Fiscal Year 2025-26	Fiscal Year 2026-27
General Obligation Bonds	$12,900,000	$45,400,000

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2095, H.D. 2, S.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, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair