HB 1605 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HUMAN AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

Summary

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience for the development of its human and community resilience institute. Effective 7/31/2055. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2026 Last action Apr 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1605_HD1 → HB1605_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised from the House version to the Senate version, updating administrative metadata such as sponsors and revision numbers. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from the placeholder year 3000 to July 31, 2055, establishing a long-term timeline for the new institute. Additionally, the text was updated to clarify that funds will be used to establish staff positions rather than just developing the institute, and the pandemic reference was specified as 'COVID-19'.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the establishment of the Human and Community Resilience Institute remains the same, but the timeline for implementation has been extended to 2055.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 3000, to July 31, 2055, setting a specific future date for the law to take effect.

FISCAL

The funding language was clarified to explicitly state that appropriated funds will be used to establish twelve specific staff positions in addition to developing the institute.

TECHNICAL

The reference to food insecurity was updated to specifically mention the 'COVID-19 pandemic' for clarity.

Administrative details including bill sponsors, revision numbers, and document IDs were updated to reflect the Senate version.

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, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 3:30PM in conference room 229.

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 3:15PM in conference room 229.

lower

Apr 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 3:30PM; Conference Room 229.

upper

Apr 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 2:50PM; Conference Room 229.

upper

Apr 14, 2026

Amended

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 10, 2026

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 522) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3139) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 25).

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 402-26), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, La Chica, Olds, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kila.

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 8-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED.

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to AGR, HED, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors