SB 933 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

Summary

Appropriates moneys to the Office of Community Services of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the award of grants for fiscal year 2025-2026. Establishes an evaluation and selection committee to oversee the awarding of grants. Authorizes the Office of Community Services to contract the services of Aloha United Way to assist with the administration and distribution of grant awards. Appropriates moneys to the Office of Community Services for positions, office equipment, and furniture. (CD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Jul 2025

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Signed Jul 9, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB933_SD1_PROPOSED → SB933_SD2 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was restructured from a single legislative document into a formal template with metadata headers and organized into distinct parts for the Executive Branch and Judiciary. While the core policy provisions regarding grant funding for nonprofit organizations remain largely the same, the document now includes detailed departmental abbreviations and separates judicial provisions into a dedicated section with corresponding special provisions. The effective date remains July 1, 2050, which appears to be a placeholder or error in both versions.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on providing one-time grants to nonprofit organizations affected by federal funding freezes, but the structure is now divided into separate sections for Executive Branch and Judiciary appropriations with parallel special provisions for each branch.

TECHNICAL

Added metadata headers including bill numbers, dates, and template revision information at the beginning of the document.

Changed the document format from a plain legislative text to a structured template with line numbers, metadata fields, and formatted headers.

DEFINITION

Expanded the definitions section to include a comprehensive list of departmental abbreviations (AGR, AGS, ATG, BED, BUF, CCA, DEF, EDN, GOV, HHL, HMS, HRD, HTH, JUD, LBR, LNR, LTG, PSD, SUB, TAX, TRN, UOH, CCH, COH, COK, COM) and means of financing codes (A through X).

STRUCTURE

Reorganized the bill into six distinct parts with separate sections for Executive Branch appropriations and Judiciary appropriations, each with their own special provisions.

REQUIREMENT

Added specific reporting requirements for the chief justice to submit reports to the legislature regarding capital improvement project authority, mirroring similar requirements for the governor.

Included new provisions allowing the judiciary to delegate project implementation to other agencies and transfer funds to public works planning and construction.

SB933_CD1 → SB933_HD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill was converted from a Senate version (SB933_CD1) to a House version (SB933_HD1), resulting in a complete rewrite of the document structure and content. The original bill focused on providing grants to nonprofit organizations affected by federal funding freezes, while the new version significantly restructures the legislation into multiple parts covering executive and judicial branch appropriations. The most critical substantive change is the effective date, which was altered from an unspecified date to July 1, 3000, effectively delaying implementation indefinitely. Additionally, the new version introduces more detailed eligibility criteria for grant recipients and expands the scope to include capital improvement projects for both executive and judicial branches.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from primarily supporting nonprofit organizations affected by federal funding freezes to also include capital improvement projects for state executive and judicial agencies. The applicability was significantly altered by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, which prevents the bill from taking effect in the intended fiscal year.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from an unspecified date to July 1, 3000, which effectively delays the bill's implementation indefinitely and prevents it from addressing the immediate federal funding freeze concerns.

SCOPE

The bill now includes provisions for capital improvement projects in both the executive and judicial branches, expanding beyond the original focus on nonprofit grant funding.

REQUIREMENT

New eligibility criteria were added requiring organizations to provide crucial programmatic aid in health, human services, or legal representation sectors and to agree to state audits.

STRUCTURE

The document structure was completely reorganized from a standard legislative format to a template-based format with metadata fields, indicating this is a draft version rather than a final legislative text.

DEFINITION

New definitions were added for terms like 'Expending agency' and 'Means of financing' to clarify how funds are distributed and managed.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Perruso, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none).

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 127) as amended in (CD 1).

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Introduced

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

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 127).

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino.

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 10:30AM in conference room 309.

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Amended

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 662).

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Alcos, Ward.

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to FIN, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 220) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

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.

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-26-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and recommitted to WAM.

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 548) as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of recommittal to WAM.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS and be recommitted. 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.

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-12-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors