SB 1081 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE.

Summary

Requires the Department of Budget and Finance to conduct a feasibility study on the associated costs of establishing and implementing a Legislative Budget Office. Requires a report to the Legislature. Repeals the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Office of the Legislative Analyst. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

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MODERATE

SB 1081 was significantly rewritten to replace a permanent legislative budget office with a temporary feasibility study. The original bill aimed to immediately establish a new office and repeal an old one, but the new version requires the Department of Budget and Finance to study the costs and logistics of such an office before any permanent changes can be made. This shifts the bill from an immediate structural change to a preliminary research effort.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from establishing a permanent legislative budget office to conducting a temporary feasibility study on whether such an office should be created.

REQUIREMENT

Replaced the immediate establishment of a legislative budget office with a requirement for the Department of Budget and Finance to conduct a feasibility study on costs, staffing, and implementation time.

Removed the immediate repeal of the existing joint legislative budget committee and office of the legislative analyst, which is now contingent on the feasibility study's findings.

Added specific requirements for the feasibility study to examine office space costs, staffing needs, and implementation timelines.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from January 1, 2025 (implied) to January 1, 2491, and added a requirement to submit the feasibility study report no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2027 regular session.

FISCAL

Appropriated funds for the feasibility study instead of funding the operational costs of a new legislative budget office.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 318) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella.

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to GVO, WAM/JDC.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors