THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2026

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Monday, April 27, 2026

TIME:

12:30 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211 & 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

 

GM 516

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Council on Revenues, Gubernatorial Nominee, KURT KAWAFUCHI, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

WAM

[Measure deleted on 04/23/2026]

GM 517

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Council on Revenues, Gubernatorial Nominee, KRISTI MAYNARD, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

WAM

[Measure deleted on 04/23/2026]

GM 518

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Council on Revenues, Gubernatorial Nominee, SCOTT HAYASHI, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

WAM

[Measure deleted on 04/23/2026]

GM 519

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Council on Revenues, Gubernatorial Nominee, MARJORIE BENNETT, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

WAM

[Measure deleted on 04/23/2026]

GM 520

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Tax Review Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, MARK FUKUNAGA, for a term to expire 05-08-2026. (Term corrected to 05-07-2027 by GM675).

 

WAM

GM 521

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Tax Review Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, STACEY KATAKURA, for a term to expire 05-08-2026. (Term corrected to 05-07-2027 by GM675).

 

 

WAM

GM 522

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Tax Review Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, JESSICA ENOS, for a term to expire 05-08-2026. (Term corrected to 05-07-2027 by GM675).

 

 

WAM

GM 523

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Tax Review Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, JONATHAN WHITE, for a term to expire 05-08-2026. (Term corrected to 05-07-2027 by GM675).

 

 

WAM

GM 524

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Tax Review Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, JUDITH CHOCK, for a term to expire 05-08-2026. (Term corrected to 05-07-2027 by GM675).

 

 

WAM

GM 525

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Tax Review Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, JON YASUDA, for a term to expire 05-08-2026. (Term corrected to 05-07-2027 by GM675).

 

 

WAM

GM 526

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Tax Review Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, JEFFREY UEOKA, for a term to expire 05-08-2026. (Term corrected to 05-07-2027 by GM675).

 

 

WAM

GM 747

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation as the Director of the Department of Budget and Finance, Gubernatorial Nominee, SETH COLBY, for a term to expire 12-07-2026.

 

 

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 1 minute 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 WAMcommittee@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 808-586-6800.

 

 

 

 

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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair