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passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 711: RELATING TO GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS.

Requires any appointment of a person by the Governor to serve in the Executive Branch in the position of an advisor to be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate if that person's salary is greater than $200,000, and is not paid from the Governor's budget. Requires the Governor to transmit Governor's Messages to the Senate President containing nominations for each gubernatorial appointee who was appointed to their advisor position before the effective date of this Act and whose salary is greater than $200,000, and is not paid from the Governor's budget. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1)
Troy Hashimoto (D) Joy San Buenaventura (D) Angus McKelvey (D) Stanley Chang (D) Kurt Fevella (R)
passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 612: RELATING TO RENT TO BUILD EQUITY.

Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to conduct a study on rent-to-build equity for existing and future state-financed housing. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Kurt Fevella (R)
passed · Hawaii · House Dec 8, 2025

HB 1009: RELATING TO THE DWELLING UNIT REVOLVING FUND.

Makes the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot Program permanent. Allows partial or full repayment of Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund interim loans in the form of unit equity through the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Nadine Nakamura (D)
passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 1348: RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (3) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. Declares the expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2025-2026 is exceeded. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAppropriates funds for public employee salary adjustments and bargaining costs, directly increasing government spending on public employment within budget framework.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentAppropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items and negotiated salary adjustments, directly supporting public sector workers' bargaining rights and wage negotiations.95% confidence
Ron Kouchi (D)
passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 260: RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

SB 260 allocates funding for the state Judiciary for the fiscal years 2025-2027, effective July 1, 2025. It provides the necessary budget to support court operations, judicial staff, and related services during this two-year period. This bill directly affects the Judiciary branch by ensuring financial resources for its day-to-day functioning and court system maintenance. As a funding measure, it does not change laws or policies but enables existing judicial operations to continue.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill explicitly allocates funding for Judiciary operations (Appropriations/Budget subject), directly supporting essential government services without tax changes.95% confidence
Ron Kouchi (D)
passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 1244: RELATING TO ROADS.

Allows for a percentage of general excise and fuel taxes generated by the counties to be used for maintenance of private roadways that are open to the public. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationDirectly funds maintenance of public-access private roadways using county tax revenues, advancing transportation infrastructure upkeep per bill's explicit purpose.95% confidence
Joy San Buenaventura (D)
passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 263: RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL.

Increases the rate of compensation and maximum allowable amounts per case for court-appointed counsel in criminal proceedings. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1)
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeIncreases funding for court-appointed counsel in criminal proceedings, enhancing defendant representation and access to fair trials per criminal justice reform indicators.95% confidence
Ron Kouchi (D)
passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 1514: RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.

Establishes a temporary working group to study the feasibility of transitioning the Legislature's regular session from one that meets for 3.5 months from mid-January to early May, to one that meets on a year-round basis. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to provide administrative support to the working group. Requires report to Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1)
Ron Kouchi (D)
passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 999: RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Repeals all permissible uses of consumer fireworks by minors. Establishes civil penalties for the use and sale of consumer fireworks, including nuisance abatement proceedings and forfeiture of assets used in the commission of the illegal use or sale of consumer fireworks. Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to provide for community safety education programs. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1)
Carol Fukunaga (D) Michelle Kidani (D) Glenn Wakai (D) · 1 co-sponsor
passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 425: RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.

Clarifies that the civil service exemption for personal service contracts for building, custodial, and grounds maintenance services with qualified community rehabilitation programs shall not cost more than $850,000 in the aggregate per private person or entity, regardless of the number of contracts or qualified community rehabilitation programs utilized for the personal service. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeClarifies funding parameters for community rehab programs, supporting rehabilitation efforts to reduce recidivism within criminal justice reform framework.85% confidence
Troy Hashimoto (D) Michelle Kidani (D) Henry Aquino (D) Stanley Chang (D) Kurt Fevella (R)
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