THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2026

 

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair

Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

TIME:

3:01 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 225 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

TIMESLOT:

GVO

 

 

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BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

 

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A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM:

 

SB 2662

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.

Requires each purchasing agency to provide justification for hiring external consultants.  Caps the amount each agency can spend on external consultants.  Requires each agency to seek approval from the Legislature for consulting contracts exceeding a certain dollar amount.  Requires each agency to disclose new contracts with external consultants.  Requires annual reports to the Legislature.  Requires the Compliance Audit Unit within the Office of the Auditor to conduct regular audits of agency consultant contracts to assess cost-effectiveness and compliance.  Establishes exceptions.  Requires each chief procurement officer to ensure that inherent government functions are not delegated to a contractor. 

 

GVO, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision making meeting only, no public testimony will be accepted.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Angus L.K. McKelvey

Chair