SCR 142 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT'S USE AND MANAGEMENT OF ITS FUNDS.

SCR 142 is a Senate Concurrent Resolution requesting the Office of the Auditor to audit the University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics Department's financial management. It specifically directs the audit to assess whether the department's spending aligns with its policies and to evaluate its Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) program. The resolution cites a $2.1 million deficit in the department's 2024 finances and notes the lack of a master plan or sustainable funding strategy. This audit request directly affects the UH Manoa Athletics Department and its oversight.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 21, 2025

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SCR142_HD1 → SCR142_SD1 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a machine-readable template format with metadata headers. The substantive content of the resolution requesting an audit of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics Department remains unchanged, including the same seven 'Whereas' clauses and two 'Be It Resolved' clauses.

TECHNICAL

The document structure changed from a traditional legislative format to a structured template with metadata headers (dates, version numbers, language settings) and machine-readable formatting, while the actual policy content requesting the audit remains identical.

Floor votes · House Apr 17, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 21, 2025

Amended

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 21, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 780).

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Cochran, Garrett, Ichiyama, Perruso, Quinlan excused (6).

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to HED, referral sheet 33

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Matayoshi excused (3).

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2046) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Amato, Evslin, Woodson, Souza.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 28

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 419) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD1). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Waived referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1353), as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Fevella.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to HRE, WAM.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

upper

3 primary · 1 co-sponsor