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Hawaii 2026

HB 2583

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Appropriation ($), Credit Enhancement, DBEDT, Hawaii Micro-Lending Credit Enhancement Program, Loan Loss Reserves, Reports, Small Businesses, Special Fund
Introduced / first action
2026-01-28 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Establishes the Hawaii Micro-Lending Credit Enhancement Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to expand micro-lending capacity by providing state‑funded loan loss reserves or other credit enhancement that absorbs first losses on qualified micro-loans made by participating lenders to Hawaii small businesses. Allows borrower fees and state matching contributions to capitalize lender-held loan loss reserve accounts. Establishes the Hawaii Micro-Lending Credit Enhancement Special Fund. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds out of the Special Fund. (CD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 183, 07/06/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285).

    became-law

  2. Act 183, on 07/06/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285).

    became-law

  3. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. Transmitted to Governor.

  5. Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage

  6. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  7. Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 11:30AM in Conference Room 411.

  9. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 4:31PM in Conference Room 411.

  10. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:37 PM; Conference Room 329.

  11. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:40 PM; Conference Room 309.

  12. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 188-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  15. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  16. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 188-26).

  17. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26

  18. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 8:01AM in conference room 411.

  19. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-30-26 8:30AM in conference room 411.

  20. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).

    receipt

  21. Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Fevella.

  22. House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Hussey Co-Chairs; Tam, Gedeon.

  23. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  24. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  25. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

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

    passage

  27. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 706) in amended form (SD 1).

  28. Reported from WAM/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3737) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  29. One Day Notice 04-14-26.

  30. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., Richards.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. The committee(s) on WAM/CPN will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  33. Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3145) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/CPN.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  35. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

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

  37. Referred to EDT, WAM/CPN.

    referral-committee

  38. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 120).

    introduction, receipt

  39. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  40. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 773-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

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

    passage

  42. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  43. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  44. Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 424-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  45. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  46. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  47. Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-13-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  48. Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 6

    referral-committee

  49. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

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