HB 794

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Mar 06, 2025
  • Passed House Mar 04, 2025
  • Passed Senate Apr 04, 2025
  • Became Law Jul 08, 2025

Relating To State Bonds.

Bill Subjects

State Bonds State Budget

Abstract

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13, of the Hawaii State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded. (CD1)

Bill Sponsors (2)

Votes


Actions


Jul 08, 2025

House

Act 305, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1418).

Senate

Act 305, 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1418).

May 02, 2025

Senate

Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).

May 01, 2025

House

Transmitted to Governor.

House

Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).

Apr 30, 2025

House

Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Belatti, Perruso voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

Senate

Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

Apr 25, 2025

House

Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25

Senate

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 243).

House

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 243) as amended in (CD 1).

Apr 23, 2025

Senate

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

House

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

Apr 22, 2025

House

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 10:30AM in conference room 309.

Apr 15, 2025

House

Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788).

Senate

Senate Conferees Appointed: Moriwaki Chair; Hashimoto, Fevella.

Senate

Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).

Apr 14, 2025

House

House Conferees Appointed: Yamashita Chair; Kitagawa, Reyes Oda.

Apr 10, 2025

Senate

Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 621).

Apr 08, 2025

House

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

Apr 04, 2025

House

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 579) in amended form (SD 1).

Senate

Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

Apr 02, 2025

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice 04-04-25.

Senate

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).

Senate

Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1535) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

Mar 31, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

Mar 18, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-31-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

Mar 13, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

Mar 06, 2025

Senate

Referred to WAM.

  • Referral-Committee
Ways and Means

Senate

Passed First Reading.

Senate

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 283).

Mar 04, 2025

House

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

Feb 28, 2025

House

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).

House

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 996) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

Feb 19, 2025

House

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Holt, Hussey, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Grandinetti, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Alcos, Ward.

Feb 14, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Jan 21, 2025

House

Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2

  • Referral-Committee
Finance

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 17, 2025

House

Pending introduction.

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