---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET."
description: "Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 300"
citation: "Hawaii HB 300 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Budget ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NAKAMURA"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c5bb681-c602-4fe5-95a8-1515d4d99cbc"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=300&year=2025"
source_hash: "26ff43cc139df4bdda11ad296b5fee22ff1990e3e5be8632577768f37fd55ad1"
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 300 (2025) — RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB300** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB300_.HTM)
2. **HB300_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB300_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB300_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB300_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB300_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB300_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- NAKAMURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-30** Act 250, on 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1353). `became-law`
- **2025-06-30** Act 250, 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1353). `became-law`
- **2025-06-27** Vetoed on 06/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1345), line-item appropriations veto. `executive-veto, executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-06-27** Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1345), various appropriations throughout the bill. `executive-veto`
- **2025-06-06** Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301)
- **2025-06-06** Notice of Intent to veto dated 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301)
- **2025-04-30** 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 Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Shimizu, Souza 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, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2025-04-24** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 45).
- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 45) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-21** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers 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`
- **2025-04-21** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Takenouchi, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-17** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-21-25 5:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2025-04-15** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-17-25 5:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2025-04-14** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-15-25 2:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2025-04-14** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 781). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 715). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Yamashita Chair; Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Takenouchi, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda.
- **2025-04-11** Senate Conferees Appointed: Dela Cruz Chair; Moriwaki Co-Chair; Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella.
- **2025-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 614) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2025-04-08** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1743) 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.
- **2025-03-13** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 381). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-12** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia, Iwamoto, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Holt, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-03-10** 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, Poepoe, Ward excused (3).
- **2025-03-10** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1172) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-03-05** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-05-25 9:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-21** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c5bb681-c602-4fe5-95a8-1515d4d99cbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).