STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2061-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 2543

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2543, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a five-year Office of the State Construction Manager Pilot Program to provide guidance and recommendations on the design review of certain state construction projects administered by the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Education, with fees assessed to state agencies that receive assistance;

(2) Require the Office to assign employees to certain county agencies to review and approve permit applications under the Pilot Program;

(3) Establish the Design Review Special Fund, to be funded by fees collected from assisted state agencies; and

(4) Appropriate funds for the Pilot Program and necessary positions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services; Department of Education; Hawaii Iron Workers Stabilization Fund; MK Advocacy Group, LLC; and Onipaʻa Consulting Group, LLC. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu and the Legislative Advocacy Committee of the American Institute of Architects, Hawaiʻi State Council.

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 S.B. No. 2543, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair