SB 2662 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.

Summary

Requires each purchasing agency to provide justification for hiring external consultants. Requires each agency to seek approval from the Legislature for consulting contracts exceeding a certain dollar amount. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Requires the Compliance Audit Unit within the Office of the Auditor to conduct regular audits of agency consultant contracts to assess cost-effectiveness and compliance. Establishes exceptions. Requires each chief procurement officer to ensure that inherent government functions are not delegated to a contractor. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD2)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB2662_SD1 → SB2662_SD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill revision updates the bill's version number from SD1 to SD2 and adjusts several administrative details, including author names, dates, and budget line items. The core policy content remains largely the same, with the most significant substantive change being a clarification that the Compliance Audit Unit must operate specifically within the Office of the Auditor. This ensures a clear chain of command for conducting audits of external consultant contracts.

Scope change

The bill's scope of applicability to purchasing agencies and the requirement for chief procurement officers to retain inherent government functions remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill metadata including author names (Gregory LaMontagne to Joseph Brown), dates, and budget identifiers to reflect the new SD2 version.

Adjusted the bill summary text to match the updated SD2 versioning and formatting.

ENFORCEMENT

Clarified that the Compliance Audit Unit conducting audits of external consultant contracts must be located within the Office of the Auditor.

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 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to LMG, FIN, referral sheet 17

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 277) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM has rescheduled its decision making to 03-05-26 12:04PM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-05-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2626) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Hashimoto, Moriwaki, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO will hold a public decision making on 02-10-26 3:01PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee on GVO has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 02-12-26 3:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 28, 2026

Committee

Referred to GVO, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

5 primary · 3 co-sponsors