---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND."
description: "Appropriates general revenues for deposit into the emergency and budget reserve fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 795"
citation: "Hawaii HB 795 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation ($)", "Constitution", "Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["YAMASHITA"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbc0ad29-a2b4-410e-9329-fe497745be3b"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=795&year=2025"
source_hash: "3f9d31b34cb47fd81194556e766f2c9f3374b36e92d287c1c5e7266589fcdb5f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 795 (2025) — RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND.

Appropriates general revenues for deposit into the emergency and budget reserve fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution. (CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB795** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB795_.HTM)
2. **HB795_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB795_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB795_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB795_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB795_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB795_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- YAMASHITA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-07-02** Act 267, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1370). `became-law`
- **2025-07-02** Act 267, 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1370). `became-law`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) DeCorte). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) McKelvey). `passage`
- **2025-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 244).
- **2025-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 244) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-23** 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) Hashimoto, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-22** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 10:30AM in conference room 309.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788). `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Hashimoto Chair; Moriwaki, Fevella.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Yamashita Chair; Takenouchi, Reyes Oda.
- **2025-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 621). `receipt`
- **2025-04-08** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 580) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2025-04-04** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-04-25.
- **2025-04-02** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1536) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-03-31** 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, 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`
- **2025-03-18** The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-31-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. `deferral`
- **2025-03-13** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 284). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).
- **2025-02-28** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 997) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-02-19** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Holt, Hussey, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Grandinetti, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Alcos, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-27** Re-referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbc0ad29-a2b4-410e-9329-fe497745be3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).