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Hawaii 2026

SB 2601

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

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

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Appropriation ($), Certification of Available Funds, Chief Procurement Officer, Penalties, Positions, Procurement, SPO, Threshold Amount
Introduced / first action
2026-01-23 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amends criminal penalties under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code by providing that a person who intentionally violates the code is subject to prosecution for a misdemeanor in cases of egregious violations of the Code. Ensures that awarded contracts are supported by sufficient appropriations by requiring a contract amount that exceeds fifteen per cent of the amount of the appropriation or balance of an appropriation to be approved by the Chief Procurement Officer to become binding. Establishes positions within the State Procurement Office. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 12:30 PM; Conference Room 016.

  2. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 3:55 PM; Conference Room 329.

  3. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 10:20AM; Conference Room 016.

  4. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 10:00AM; Conference Room 016.

  5. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 10:00AM; Conference Room 016.

  6. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 10:00AM; Conference Room 016.

  7. Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 10:00AM; Conference Room 016.

  8. House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kusch Co-Chairs; Poepoe, Shimizu.

  9. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 800).

    receipt

  10. Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Moriwaki, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Fevella.

  11. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 714).

    receipt

  12. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 680).

    introduction, receipt

  13. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  14. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  15. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  16. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2078-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  17. Deferred one day 04-14-26.

    deferral

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26.

    deferral

  20. Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  21. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  22. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1553-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  23. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  24. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Sayama, Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  26. Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  27. Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17

    referral-committee

  28. 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.

    passage

  29. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 269) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction, receipt

  30. Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2955) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  31. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.

  32. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-04-26 10:35AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  35. Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2472) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  37. The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Moriwaki, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto.

    committee-passage-favorable

  38. The committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 02-05-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

    deferral

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

  40. Referred to GVO, WAM/JDC.

    referral-committee

  41. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  42. Introduced.

    introduction

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