HB 300 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

HB 300 allocates state funds for the daily operations and major capital projects (like building maintenance) of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. It directly affects state government agencies that rely on this funding to run services and maintain facilities. The bill provides the necessary budget authority for these specific fiscal periods without changing existing laws or creating new programs. This is a routine funding measure, not a policy change.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Signed Jun 30, 2025

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HB300_HD1 → HB300_SD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative layout to a structured data format, with significant substantive changes to funding amounts, agency abbreviations, and program definitions. Many appropriation figures were altered, some agencies were renamed or reorganized, and new funding categories were introduced while others were removed.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include new program categories and funding mechanisms, while the applicability of certain definitions was modified to reflect updated agency names and funding sources.

FISCAL

Numerous appropriation amounts were changed across multiple agencies including the Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Land and Natural Resources, with some line items showing significant increases or decreases in allocated funds.

New funding categories were introduced including 'revolving funds' and 'private contributions' as distinct means of financing, expanding the sources of state funding.

Several legacy funding lines were removed or consolidated, including specific line items for certain agricultural and transportation programs that were previously separately funded.

DEFINITION

Agency abbreviations were updated to reflect current naming conventions, such as changing 'Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism' to separate entries for business, economic development, and tourism.

TECHNICAL

The document structure changed from a traditional bill format to a structured data format with metadata fields, though the substantive legislative content was preserved and updated with new figures.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 27, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed on 06/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1345), line-item appropriations veto.

lower

Jun 27, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1345), various appropriations throughout the bill.

upper

Jun 6, 2025

Vetoed

Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301)

lower

Jun 6, 2025

Vetoed

Notice of Intent to veto dated 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301)

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none).

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Introduced

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 45).

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 45) as amended in (CD 1).

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Takenouchi, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-21-25 5:00PM in conference room 309.

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-17-25 5:00PM in conference room 309.

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-15-25 2:00PM in conference room 309.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Amended

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 614) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 381).

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia, Iwamoto, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Holt, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors