HB 2280 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND.

Summary

Appropriates moneys out of the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027 to maintain the levels of programs determined to be essential to education, public health, and public welfare, to provide for counter cyclical economic and employment programs of economic downturn, to restore facilities destroyed or damaged or services disrupted by disaster, and to meet other emergencies declared by the Governor or determined to be urgent by the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2280 → HB2280_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to reflect its progression to the House of Representatives (HD1), updating sponsor information and metadata. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, likely to prevent the law from taking effect prematurely or to align with a future fiscal cycle. Formatting was also adjusted to standardize capitalization in the statutory purposes section.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund, but the effective date change alters when the fund can be accessed under this specific appropriation.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

Sponsor names and document metadata were updated to reflect the House of Representatives version (HD1).

Capitalization in the description of statutory purposes was standardized to capitalize 'Governor' and 'Legislature'.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 388).

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (6) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to FIN, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors