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

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TIME:	3:05 PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 225 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

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The Legislature is accepting written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

HB 1519, HD1 (HSCR1008-26) Status & Testimony	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Requires disclosure of the names of compensated officers, and their immediate family members, of state contractors with contracts exceeding the small purchase threshold established under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code and grantees with grants exceeding $250,000.  Prohibits the compensated officers of state contractors, and their immediate family members, from making, promising, or soliciting certain campaign contributions for the duration of the contract exceeding the small purchase threshold.  Prohibits state grantees, including compensated officers and their immediate family members, from making, promising, or soliciting certain contributions for the duration of the grant exceeding $250,000.  Requires unlawful contributions to be returned to the contributor or escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)	GVO, WAM/JDC [Measure deleted on 03-16-26]
HB 812, HD1 (HSCR785-26) Status & Testimony	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes a contract for the purchase of local produce having a value of more than $25,000 to be for a term of at least five years, under certain conditions.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)	GVO, WAM
HB 1414, HD1 (HSCR995) Status & Testimony	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Authorizes the head of a procurement agency to award a contract to a bidder who is not the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, for procurements conducted by competitive sealed bidding, if the head of the procuring agency determines that the award is most beneficial to taxpayers or otherwise in the best interests of the State.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)	GVO, WAM
HB 2388, HD2 (HSCR1155-26) Status & Testimony	RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICE. Allows government agencies to satisfy public notice requirements by posting notices on official state or county websites, while retaining publication as an option.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)	GVO, WAM
HB 322, HD2 (HSCR1075-26) Status & Testimony	RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Authorizes state agencies to implement automatic voter registration if designated by the Office of Elections.  Requires eligible applicants for instruction permits, provisional licenses, driver's licenses, and identification cards to be automatically registered or preregistered to vote unless the applicant opts out.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)	GVO, JDC
HB 2469, HD1 (HSCR790-26) Status & Testimony	RELATING TO A REGULAR SESSION REVIEW WORKING GROUP. Establishes a Regular Session Review Working Group to determine the essential timing and effective framework for a lengthened legislative calendar for election and non-election years.  Requires a report to the Legislature.  Requires report finalization and drafting assistance from the Legislative Reference Bureau.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 10/18/3000.  (HD1)	GVO, WAM

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.

Please go to the Legislature's website, https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Participate" drop down menu and select the "Submit Testimony" option to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.

Please note the following:

· The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.

· Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 2 minutes each.

If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions.pdf

For general help navigating the committee hearing process, please contact the Public Access Room at (808) 587-0478 or par@capitol.hawaii.gov. You can also visit their website at https://lrb.hawaii.gov/par/.

For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please call the committee clerk at the telephone number listed below or email GVOcommittee@capitol.hawaii.gov. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6070.

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Senator Angus L.K. McKelvey

Chair