---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CORPORATE BONDS."
description: "Authorizes the Director of Finance to invest certain state moneys in short-term investment grade corporate bonds. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2547"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2547 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Director of Finance", "Short-term Investment Grade Corporate Bonds", "State Moneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY", "KITAGAWA", "KUSCH", "MIYAKE", "MORIKAWA", "NAKAMURA", "TEMPLO"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c88c509-1881-441f-ba8e-1818c7a9bc13"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2547&year=2026"
source_hash: "d53af5ce20553462fa542d3ea6b7b716de65354c0a7a9c223812544acd06ae64"
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 2547 (2026) — RELATING TO CORPORATE BONDS.

Authorizes the Director of Finance to invest certain state moneys in short-term investment grade corporate bonds. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2547** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2547_.HTM)
2. **HB2547_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2547_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2547_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2547_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB2547_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2547_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- 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. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- KUSCH — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NAKAMURA — primary (person)
- TEMPLO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-09** Act 115, on 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215). `became-law`
- **2026-06-09** Act 115, 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215). `became-law`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2026-05-08** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). `receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2026-05-01** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
- **2026-05-01** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 139-26).
- **2026-05-01** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
- **2026-05-01** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 139-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2026-05-01** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takenouchi, Kitagawa, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2026-05-01** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 4:30 PM; Conference Room 309.
- **2026-05-01** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 3:30 PM; Conference Room 309.
- **2026-05-01** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 1:00 PM; Conference Room 309.
- **2026-04-30** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 11:00AM; Conference Room 309.
- **2026-04-29** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-30-26 11:00AM; CR 309.
- **2026-04-20** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 713). `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Senate Conferees Appointed: Moriwaki Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.
- **2026-04-20** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Takenouchi Chair; Kitagawa, Reyes Oda.
- **2026-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). `receipt`
- **2026-04-16** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-14** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 702) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2026-04-14** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2026-04-10** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
- **2026-04-10** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3725) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2026-04-09** 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`
- **2026-04-08** Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.
- **2026-04-08** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-09-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-12** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 436). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** 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) Hashem, Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (4).
- **2026-03-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1015-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2026-02-25** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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`
- **2026-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-02** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c88c509-1881-441f-ba8e-1818c7a9bc13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).