HB 1176 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Summary

Establishes the Hawaii Economic Diversification Grant Program under the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to qualified high technology businesses engaging in qualified research activities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1176 → HB1176_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative format to a modern document template, while the substantive policy content remained largely unchanged. The core provisions establishing the Hawaii Economic Diversification Grant Program, eligibility criteria, and funding limits were preserved through the conversion process.

TECHNICAL

Document structure changed from traditional legislative text to a modern template format with metadata headers and footer information.

Added metadata fields including bill numbers, dates, and template revision information at the beginning of the document.

Removed traditional page numbering and legislative formatting elements such as the 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' header and page footers.

Added a summary description section at the end of the document providing an overview of the bill's purpose and effective date.

Floor votes · House Feb 12, 2025

How they voted

48–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 51

Feb 12, 2025

D Democratic41

40 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican10

8 Yea 2

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 441) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (48-0-3)

house

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors