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HI SB 657

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did HI SB 657 pass?

No. HI SB 657 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 (2026-04-17): Re-Referred to EDU/AEN, WAM.

What is HI SB 657 about?

Appropriates funds for the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology within the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish and operate a Center for Climate Resilient Development. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Who sponsors HI SB 657?

GABBARD, CHANG, MCKELVEY and 2 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 657.

Description

Appropriates funds for the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology within the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish and operate a Center for Climate Resilient Development. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2026-04-17 — Re-Referred to EDU/AEN, WAM.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • GABBARDprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • MCKELVEYprimary
  • MORIWAKIprimary
  • RHOADSprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-17

    Re-Referred to EDU/AEN, WAM.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-02

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

    receipt

  3. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

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

    receipt

  5. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  6. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  7. 2025-04-23

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 3:00PM in conference room 229.

  8. 2025-04-21

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 3:00PM in conference room 229.

  9. 2025-04-17

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 3:45PM in conference room 229.

  10. 2025-04-17

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 825).

    receipt

  11. 2025-04-21

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754).

    receipt

  12. 2025-04-17

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Gabbard, Hashimoto Co-Chairs; Fevella.

  13. 2025-04-17

    House Conferees Appointed: Garrett, Hashem, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Souza.

  14. 2025-04-17

    Re-referred to HED, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 33

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-04-04

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590).

    receipt

  16. 2025-04-04

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  17. 2025-04-04

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 469).

    introduction,receipt

  18. 2025-04-03

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  19. 2025-04-03

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1923), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  20. 2025-03-27

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Alcos, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-03-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  22. 2025-03-21

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Muraoka, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).

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  23. 2025-03-21

    Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1414), recommending referral to FIN.

  24. 2025-03-19

    The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Woodson.

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2025-03-14

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 03-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  26. 2025-03-14

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  27. 2025-03-14

    Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1263) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED.

  28. 2025-03-11

    The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-03-07

    Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  30. 2025-03-06

    Referred to WAL, HED, FIN, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-03-06

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  32. 2025-03-04

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 181) in amended form (SD 1).

    introduction,receipt

  33. 2025-03-04

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

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  34. 2025-02-28

    One Day Notice 03-04-25.

  35. 2025-02-28

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 942) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  36. 2025-02-27

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-02-21

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  38. 2025-02-11

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  39. 2025-02-11

    Reported from HRE/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 232) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  40. 2025-02-04

    The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Fukunaga, Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  41. 2025-02-03

    The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.

    committee-passage-favorable

  42. 2025-01-31

    The committee(s) on AEN deferred the measure until 02-03-25 1:06PM; CR 224.

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  43. 2025-01-31

    The committee(s) on HRE deferred the measure until 02-04-25 3:45PM; CR 229.

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  44. 2025-01-28

    The committee(s) on HRE/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 1:50PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  45. 2025-01-23

    Referred to HRE/AEN, WAM.

    referral-committee

  46. 2025-01-17

    Passed First Reading.

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  47. 2025-01-17

    Introduced.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-03 · pass · 3-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Awa: no
    • DeCoite: not voting
  • The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-04 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Kim: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Fevella: yes
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-02-27 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes
  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading.

    2025-03-04 · pass · 23-2

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

    2025-03-11 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Hashem: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Woodson: not voting
  • The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-03-19 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Garrett: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Evslin: yes
    • Kapela: yes
    • Kila: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Sayama: not voting
    • Woodson: not voting
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-03-27 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Hussey: not voting
    • Alcos: not voting
    • Ward: not voting

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