HB 843 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESILIENCE.

Summary

Appropriates funds for critical repairs, maintenance, demolition, design, and construction for facilities of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the University of Hawaii for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Education

Sub-Topics: Higher Education

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 21, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB843 → HB843_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a legislative markup document to a clean text version, but substantive content was significantly altered. The original version specified exact funding amounts ($11M for facilities, $2.08M for positions) and detailed position allocations (8 agricultural technicians, 4 community coordinators, 8 administrative staff). The reformatted version removed all specific dollar amounts and position numbers, leaving blank fields, and changed the effective date from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same (supporting the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience), but the specific funding and staffing allocations are now undefined in the reformatted version.

FISCAL

Specific appropriation amounts were removed: $11,000,000 for facility repairs and $2,083,334 for positions were deleted and replaced with blank fields.

REQUIREMENT

Detailed staffing requirements were removed: 8 agricultural technician positions, 4 community coordinator positions, and 8 administrative professional technical positions were deleted.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be an error or placeholder.

TECHNICAL

Metadata and formatting artifacts from document processing software were added, including file names, timestamps, and template information.

Floor votes · House Feb 11, 2025

How they voted

47–2

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 51

Feb 11, 2025

D Democratic41

41 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican10

6 Yea 2 Nay 2

60% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 405) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (47-2-2)

house

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Evslin, Muraoka.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

21 primary · 0 co-sponsors