STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2004-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 2928

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2928, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Permanently establish the Small Business Procurement Program within the State Procurement Office;

(2) Permanently establish and appropriate funds for a Small Business Procurement Coordinator position within the State Procurement Office; and

(3) Repeal the temporary Small Business Assistance Initiative established by Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services; Business Development and Support Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; State Procurement Office; Office of Economic Revitalization of the City and County of Honolulu; Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Center; Kapolei Chamber of Commerce; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Maui Chamber of Commerce; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; Retail Merchants of Hawaii; Stanford Carr Development, LLC; CivicNexus; Native Hawaiian Community Development Corporation; Hello Momentum; Pacific Resource Partnership; Legacy Visuals LLC; and one individual.

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. 2928, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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