SB 1205 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO STATE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

Summary

Requires state executive branch departments, offices, and other agencies to comply with directive number 19-02, Hawaii Administrative Directives, as extended by directive number 23-01, Hawaii Administrative Directives. Requires reports to the Legislature. (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

SB1205 → SB1205_SD1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

SB 1205 was converted from a draft Senate bill to a Senate Draft 1 version with significant substantive changes to the reorganization reporting requirements. The bill now requires state agencies to comply with specific administrative directives (19-02 and 23-01) when making organizational changes, and mandates annual reporting to the legislature by February 2026 rather than just for reorganizations. The reporting requirement was expanded from only covering reorganizations to covering all organizational and functional statement changes.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from requiring reports only when agencies make a final determination to reorganize, to requiring compliance with administrative directives for all organizational or functional changes and annual reporting to the legislature.

REQUIREMENT

Changed reporting trigger from 'final determination to reorganize' to compliance with administrative directives 19-02 and 23-01 for all organizational or functional statement changes

Expanded report content requirements to include compliance with administrative directives rather than just timeline and affected divisions/positions

TIMELINE

Added specific reporting deadline of twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2026 and every year thereafter

TECHNICAL

Added metadata fields including bill version number, dates, and document identifiers

ENFORCEMENT

Changed effective date language from undefined to 'upon its approval'

SCOPE

Changed bill title from 'Reorganization; Report' to 'Executive Branch; State Departments, Offices, and Agencies; Organization; Reports'

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 320) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to GVO, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors