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HI HB 1605

died on adjournment

RELATING TO HUMAN AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did HI HB 1605 pass?

No. HI HB 1605 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-30): Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 3:30PM in conference room 229.

What is HI HB 1605 about?

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience for the development of its human and community resilience institute. Effective 7/31/2055. (SD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 1605?

CHUN, GARRETT, KAHALOA and 4 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1605.

Description

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience for the development of its human and community resilience institute. Effective 7/31/2055. (SD1)

Introduced
2026-01-21
Latest action
2026-04-30 — Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 3:30PM in conference room 229.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • CHUNprimary
  • GARRETTprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KUSCHprimary
  • LOWENprimary
  • MATSUMOTOprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-30

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 3:30PM in conference room 229.

  2. 2026-04-28

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 3:15PM in conference room 229.

  3. 2026-04-27

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 3:30PM; Conference Room 229.

  4. 2026-04-23

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 2:50PM; Conference Room 229.

  5. 2026-04-21

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Kidani Co-Chair; DeCorte.

  6. 2026-04-21

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 717).

    receipt

  7. 2026-04-20

    House Conferees Appointed: Chun, Garrett, Kusch Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.

  8. 2026-04-20

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

    receipt

  9. 2026-04-16

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599).

    receipt

  10. 2026-04-14

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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  11. 2026-04-10

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

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  12. 2026-04-10

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 522) in amended form (SD 1).

  13. 2026-04-09

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3613) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  14. 2026-04-09

    One Day Notice 04-10-26.

  15. 2026-04-06

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

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  16. 2026-04-01

    The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-06-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

    deferral

  17. 2026-03-30

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  18. 2026-03-23

    Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3139) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  19. 2026-03-23

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  20. 2026-03-17

    The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Fukunaga.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2026-03-12

    The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  22. 2026-03-10

    Referred to EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  23. 2026-03-06

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 25).

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  24. 2026-03-06

    Passed First Reading.

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  25. 2026-03-05

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 783-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  26. 2026-03-05

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

    passage

  27. 2026-02-25

    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

  28. 2026-02-23

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. 2026-02-18

    Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 402-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  30. 2026-02-18

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage,referral-committee

  31. 2026-02-13

    The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, La Chica, Olds, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kila.

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2026-02-10

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Friday, 02-13-26 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  33. 2026-02-04

    Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 8-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED.

  34. 2026-02-04

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1).

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  35. 2026-01-30

    The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. 2026-01-27

    Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 01-30-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. 2026-01-26

    Referred to AGR, HED, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  38. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  39. 2026-01-16

    Prefiled.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-01-30 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Chun: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Quinlan: yes
    • Matsumoto: yes

  • The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-02-13 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Garrett: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Evslin: yes
    • Kapela: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Kila: not voting

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-02-25 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Todd: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes

  • The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-17 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Kim: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
    • Kidani: not voting
    • Fukunaga: not voting

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-04-06 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Lee: not voting
    • C.: not voting

  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading.

    2026-04-10 · pass · 25-0

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