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Hawaii 2026

HB 437

RELATING TO OUT-OF-STATE OFFICES.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Appropriations ($), DBEDT, Filipino Caucus, Out-of-state Office, Republic of the Philippines
Introduced / first action
2025-01-17 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish an out-of-state office in the Republic of the Philippines. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Re-Referred to EDT/WLA, WAM.

    referral-committee

  2. Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  3. House Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  6. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  7. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 11:40 AM; Conference Room 411.

  8. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:00 PM; Conference Room 411.

  9. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:40 PM; Conference Room 411.

  10. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:46 PM; Conference Room 225.

  11. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 10:00AM in conference room 411.

  12. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 3:00PM in conference room 411.

  13. Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Lee, C., Kim Co-Chairs; Fevella.

  14. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862).

    receipt

  15. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).

    receipt

  16. House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Hussey Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.

  17. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  18. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  19. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  20. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 637) in amended form (SD 1).

  21. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1773) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  22. One Day Notice 04-08-25.

  23. 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, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Lee, C., Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  25. Reported from EDT/TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1195) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  27. The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. The committee(s) on EDT/TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  30. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 104).

    introduction, receipt

  31. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  32. Referred to EDT/TCA, WAM.

    referral-committee

  33. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 984), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  34. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  35. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 331) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  38. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  39. 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, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  40. Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 02-05-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  41. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  42. Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  43. Pending introduction.

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