SB 796 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.

Summary

Prohibits claims for refunds, reimbursements, or other payments, authorization for which is sought from the Legislature that exceed the time limitations of section 40-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from being claimed. Requires the Attorney General to include in the Attorney General's annual report of claims recommended for approval a total dollar amount of possible judgments against the State that have not yet settled. Requires the Attorney General's report to the Legislature describing the claims against the State to include additional information. Requires the Attorney General to submit a report every five years to the Legislature containing further incidents that occurred in an agency that led to a claim. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB796 → SB796_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to reflect its status as Senate Bill 796, Second Degree (SD1), with revised metadata and formatting. Substantively, the requirements for reporting claims against the state were altered: the Attorney General must now report a total dollar value of unsettled judgments instead of a list of possible claims, and the specific details required in the report regarding corrective actions were reorganized to prioritize timelines and implementation status.

Scope change

The scope of the reporting requirements for the Attorney General was modified to change the format of the data submitted to the legislature regarding unsettled claims.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the Attorney General's reporting requirement from listing 'possible claims' to reporting a 'total dollar value' of possible judgments against the state.

Reorganized the required report content on corrective actions to include a timeline for completion and whether the department implemented the action in a timely fashion.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill metadata, including the bill number, revision numbers, and effective dates, to reflect the SD1 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

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 313) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to JDC, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors