HB 2116 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO GRANTS.

Summary

Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services (OCS) to award grants to certain nonprofit organizations. Establishes an evaluation and selection committee to oversee the awarding of grants. Requires an applicant for a grant to provide certain documentation on activities that qualify for community engagement hours to qualify for the grant. Appropriates funds for positions in OCS and for the Department of the Attorney General to assist OCS in reviewing contracts and monitoring costs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

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 23, 2026 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2116_HD1 → HB2116_HD2 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to change its designation from House District 1 to House District 2 and updated several internal metadata fields, likely reflecting a procedural revision or reassignment. Crucially, the specific dollar amounts for appropriations in Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 were removed and replaced with blank spaces, indicating that the funding levels are now to be determined by the legislature or a subsequent action rather than being fixed in this version of the bill.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding funding is now undefined within the text, as all specific appropriation amounts were deleted.

TECHNICAL

Changed the bill header from 'H.D. 1' to 'H.D. 2', suggesting a procedural update or reassignment of the bill.

FISCAL

Removed the specific dollar amount ($3,000,000) for the Office of Community Services grant program in Section 3.

Removed the specific dollar amount ($3,000,000) for the expenditure of funds on grants in Section 4.

Removed the specific dollar amount ($65,000) for the temporary program specialist position in Section 5.

Removed the specific dollar amount ($10,000) for the Department of the Attorney General assistance in Section 6.

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 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3216) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Re-Referred to LBT, WAM.

upper

Mar 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Ihara, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to LBT, WAM/JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 81).

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Alcos, Belatti, Cochran, Garcia, Muraoka, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 26, 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, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso, Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Belatti voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 527-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Amato, Hartsfield.

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 183-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HSH.

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Committee

Referred to LAB, HSH, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

29 primary · 1 co-sponsor