HB 934

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Mar 04, 2025
  • Passed House Feb 28, 2025
  • Passed Senate Apr 08, 2025
  • Became Law Jun 09, 2025

Relating To The Hawaii Broadband And Digital Equity Office.

Abstract

Transfers the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Department of Accounting and General Services. Renames the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office to Broadband Office. Repeals broadband duties assigned to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Repeals the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council. Transfers the duty of collecting and posting certain broadband infrastructure notices to the Broadband Office. Establishes the Broadband Revolving Fund. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

Bill Sponsors (24)

Votes


Actions


Jun 09, 2025

House

Act 201, on 06/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302).

Senate

Act 201, 06/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302).

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

Senate

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

House

Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2).

Apr 25, 2025

Senate

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:40 PM; Conference Room 411.

Senate

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:00 PM; Conference Room 411.

Senate

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 11:40 AM; Conference Room 411.

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) DeCoite, Wakai, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim.

Senate

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

Senate

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 222).

House

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

House

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 222) as amended in (CD 1).

House

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

Senate

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:46 PM; Conference Room 225.

Apr 24, 2025

House

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 10:00AM in conference room 411.

Apr 22, 2025

House

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 10:00AM in conference room 411.

Apr 21, 2025

Senate

Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755).

Apr 17, 2025

Senate

Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Kim, Awa.

House

Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 828).

House

House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.

Apr 11, 2025

Senate

Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

Apr 10, 2025

House

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

Apr 08, 2025

House

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 690) in amended form (SD 2).

Senate

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

Apr 04, 2025

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

Senate

Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1752) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

Apr 01, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.

Mar 27, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

Mar 18, 2025

Senate

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

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Ways and Means

Senate

Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1126) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

Mar 11, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

Mar 06, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

Mar 04, 2025

Senate

Referred to EDT, WAM.

  • Referral-Committee
Economic Development and Tourism Ways and Means

Senate

Passed First Reading.

Senate

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 130).

Feb 28, 2025

House

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

House

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 987), recommending passage on Third Reading.

Feb 24, 2025

House

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

Feb 21, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Feb 11, 2025

House

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Finance

House

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 329) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

Feb 05, 2025

House

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

Jan 29, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 02-05-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Jan 23, 2025

House

Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 3

  • Referral-Committee
Economic Development & Technology Finance

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 21, 2025

House

Pending introduction.

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