SB 983 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS LOANS.

Summary

Establishes the Hawaii Start-Up Business Loan Program within the Business Development and Support Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Establishes the Hawaii Start-Up Business Loan Program Special Fund. Requires DBEDT to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Establishes one full-time equivalent business loan officer position. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (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 19, 2025

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SB983 → SB983_SD1 · 1 edit

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The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative document layout to a structured data format with metadata headers. The substantive policy content - including program definitions, loan limits, eligibility criteria, funding provisions, and effective dates - remains unchanged. This appears to be a technical conversion for data processing rather than a policy amendment.

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Converted from traditional legislative text format to structured data format with metadata headers including document ID, timestamps, and revision numbers.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 390) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Awa.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDT, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors