HB 146 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY'S ‘ŌLELO HAWAI‘I INITIATIVES.

HB 146 appropriates funds to the Hawai'i Judiciary to support its 'Ōlelo Hawai'i Initiatives, which promote the use of the Hawaiian language in court settings. The bill provides specific funding for these programs, directly affecting the Judiciary's operations and language accessibility services. It does not change existing laws but allocates resources to advance the Judiciary's existing language preservation efforts, effective July 1, 2030. (Note: The abstract's "7/1/3000" appears to be a typo; the intended effective date is 2030.)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB146 → HB146_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was reformatted from a House bill (HB146) to a House Draft (HD1) version, with significant changes to the effective date and funding amount. The most substantive change is that the effective date was altered from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be an error or placeholder. The funding amount was also changed from a specific $300,000 appropriation to a blank amount that needs to be filled in.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on supporting the judiciary's Hawaiian language initiatives, but the funding mechanism was modified from a fixed amount to an unspecified amount requiring further specification.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be an error that needs correction.

FISCAL

The specific funding amount of $300,000 was removed and replaced with a blank space, requiring the legislature to specify the exact appropriation amount.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a House bill format to a House Draft format, with various structural and header changes.

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Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 293) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

20 primary · 0 co-sponsors