SB 817 Hawaii Senate · 2026 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 passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB817 → SB817_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document into a structured data template, but the core policy content remains largely the same. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was altered from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, likely as a placeholder or error in the new version. Additionally, the section numbering was updated to include decimal points (e.g., 1.0 instead of 1), and the header information was replaced with metadata fields.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's requirements and the department's authority to establish an office in the Philippines remains unchanged.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, which is a ten-year difference and may indicate a clerical error or a placeholder.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was converted from a text-based bill format to a structured data template with metadata fields like author and timestamps.

Section numbering was updated to include decimal points (e.g., SECTION 1 became SECTION 1.0) to fit the new template format.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

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