republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/hb-2500.md

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Bill	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.	Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Authorizes issuance of instruments of indebtedness in an amount that may be necessary to finance any permitted purpose under the House Bill No. 2200, H.D. 1, S.D. 1 and section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. Makes findings required by article VII, section 13, of the state constitution regarding the issuance of authorized bonds and the debt limit. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	HB 2500	Hawaii HB 2500 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	State Bonds State Budget	enacted	LUKE	3	28	2	2020-01-22	2020-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/b49ab429-c562-4a36-a5e2-4a7db2bff54c	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2500&year=2020	f12369b6472fe43d675df2367d61a782fb954c8e235565f80ddee6a5f9db8af1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 2500 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Authorizes issuance of instruments of indebtedness in an amount that may be necessary to finance any permitted purpose under the House Bill No. 2200, H.D. 1, S.D. 1 and section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. Makes findings required by article VII, section 13, of the state constitution regarding the issuance of authorized bonds and the debt limit. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB2500 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2500_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2500_SD1_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• LUKE — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-22 Pending introduction.
• 2020-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Referred to FIN, referral sheet 5 referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-05-20 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2020-02-05 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-13 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 473-20), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2020-02-13 Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Har excused (2).
• 2020-02-14 Deferred one day 02-18-20.
• 2020-02-18 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-02-19 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 11). introduction
• 2020-02-19 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-02-19 Referred to WAM. referral-committee
• 2020-03-13 The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-20 10:30AM in conference room 211.
• 2020-03-16 The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
• 2020-06-19 The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 06-22-20 10:00AM in conference room Auditorium.
• 2020-06-22 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Inouye, Taniguchi. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-24 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3665) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2020-06-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2020-06-24 48 Hrs. Notice 06-26-20.
• 2020-06-26 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-06-26 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 541) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2020-06-30 Received notice of House intent to agree to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 369).
• 2020-07-01 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2020-07-01 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with Representative(s) Okimoto, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2020-07-02 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 378).
• 2020-07-02 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2020-07-06 Act 003, on 07/06/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). executive-signature
• 2020-07-06 Act 003, 07/06/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b49ab429-c562-4a36-a5e2-4a7db2bff54c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).