HB 2235 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE MILITARY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE.

Summary

Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the Military and Community Relations Office to strengthen intergovernmental coordination for military and defense activities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Feb 20, 2026

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HB2235_HD1 → HB2235_HD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a multi-page layout to a single continuous document, and the legislative history metadata (such as author names and timestamps) was removed. The core policy content, including the appropriation amount, effective date, and specific program goals, remains substantively unchanged.

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The document structure was consolidated into a single continuous text block, removing page breaks and header/footer artifacts present in the original version.

Internal file metadata, including author names, creation timestamps, and revision numbers, was stripped from the text.

Formatting inconsistencies were corrected, such as standardizing the spacing around section numbers and removing stray non-printing characters.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 622-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hussey; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 196-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to PBS, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

6 primary · 0 co-sponsors