SB 817 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO OUT-OF-STATE OFFICES.

Summary

Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish an out-of-state office in the Philippines. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB817 → SB817_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured digital template (SD1) with metadata additions. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was altered from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, creating a 25-year delay in implementation. The core policy intent remains unchanged, requiring the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish an out-of-state office in the Philippines with appropriated funding for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same regarding the requirement to establish an out-of-state office in the Philippines, but the timeline for implementation has been significantly extended.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, delaying the establishment of the out-of-state office by 25 years.

TECHNICAL

Added digital metadata including bill number, author name (Ainoa Naniole), timestamps, and template revision information.

Removed traditional page headers, footers, and formatting elements from the original legislative document.

Changed formatting from standard legislative text to structured template format with special character markers.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDT/TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 659) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT/TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDT/TCA, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

9 primary · 1 co-sponsor