HB 940 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.

HB 940 allocates state funds to support the rat lungworm disease research lab at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. This bill directly affects the university's lab and indirectly benefits Hawaii residents by advancing research on rat lungworm, a disease transmitted through contaminated food or water. The key provision is the appropriation of dedicated funding for the lab's operations, with the bill effective July 1, 3000 (note: likely a typo for 2030). The legislation focuses on providing concrete financial support for this specific research initiative, without altering broader public policy.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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HB940 → HB940_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change the effective date from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, effectively delaying the funding for the rat lungworm lab indefinitely. Additionally, the bill's title and description were updated to reflect this massive timeline shift, and some metadata regarding the bill's version and page counts was adjusted.

Scope change

The bill's scope of applicability has been drastically altered by setting the effective date to the year 3000, meaning the appropriation will not take effect for many decades.

TIMELINE

The effective date for the funding appropriation was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000.

SCOPE

The bill title and description were updated to explicitly state the new effective date of July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

Metadata fields related to bill version numbers, page counts, and timestamps were updated to reflect the new version (HD1).

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Committee

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 188) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors