HB 1614 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Summary

Establishes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation Revolving Fund for the purpose of financing the State's matching contributions required by federal grants. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2026 Last action Mar 24, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1614_HD1 → HB1614_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated from the House version to the Senate version, primarily changing the bill's metadata, authorship, and template identifiers. The core policy text regarding the establishment of the revolving fund, reporting requirements, and appropriations remains substantively identical, though minor formatting adjustments were made to the statutory language.

Scope change

No change in the bill's scope, applicability, or substantive policy provisions.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill metadata including author names, revision numbers, and template identifiers to reflect the Senate version.

Adjusted the effective date in the summary description from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 3050, to align with the House version's placeholder date.

Minor formatting changes were applied to the statutory text, such as adding 'established;' to the fund definition and clarifying 'state moneys used as matching funds' in the reporting section.

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

Mar 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3147) 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 EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Fevella.

upper

Mar 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDT, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 28).

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 2, 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 17, 2026

Committee

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 287-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

14 primary · 0 co-sponsors