SR 160 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.

Senate Resolution 160 requests the Office of the Auditor to conduct a financial and operational audit of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics Department. This audit is prompted by a reported $2.1 million deficit in the department's FY2024 budget, concerns about the lack of a sustainable funding plan, and the absence of a master plan for operations. The resolution aims to evaluate whether the department manages funds responsibly and effectively supports student athletes across sports programs. As a procedural resolution, it does not change laws but formally asks for an independent review to improve financial oversight.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Mar 31, 2025

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SR160 → SR160_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a standard Senate Resolution (SR 160) to a Senate Draft 1 version (SR160 SD1) with updated metadata and template formatting. The substantive content remains largely the same, requesting an audit of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics Department, though the resolution language was slightly expanded to explicitly include assessing the department's Name, Image, and Likeness Program in the audit scope.

Scope change

The audit scope was expanded to explicitly include the department's Name, Image, and Likeness Program as a specific assessment item.

REQUIREMENT

Added explicit requirement for the audit to assess the department's Name, Image, and Likeness Program.

TECHNICAL

Updated document header from 'SR 160' to 'SR160 SD1' with new metadata fields including timestamps and revision numbers.

Reformatted the document structure to match a new template with additional spacing and metadata fields.

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

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Committee

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD1).

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. 1354), 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