SB 1624 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Summary

Requires the Board of Regents to expend funds appropriated to renew, improve, or modernize existing University of Hawaii facilities for only those purposes and not for current, ongoing, or anticipated capital improvement projects. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Mar 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1624 → SB1624_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill restricts how the University of Hawaii Board of Regents can spend funds designated for renewing, improving, and modernizing facilities. It prohibits using these specific funds for current, ongoing, or anticipated capital improvement projects and requires annual reporting to the legislature. The effective date was changed from immediate approval to July 31, 2050.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on University of Hawaii facilities funding, but the reporting deadline was extended from 20 days to 30 days before each regular legislative session.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from immediate approval to July 31, 2050, significantly delaying when the restrictions take effect.

REQUIREMENT

The annual reporting deadline to the legislature was extended from 20 days to 30 days prior to the convening of each regular session.

Added explicit prohibition against using renew, improve, and modernize funds for current, ongoing, or anticipated capital improvement projects.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and markup changes in the statutory text, including renumbering of subsections in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 382) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye, Keohokalole, Rhoads. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 519) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 3:10PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to HRE, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors