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type: "Bill"
title: "MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES."
description: "Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. Effective retroactive to 6/30/2020. (HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2844"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2844 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims Against the State ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54f7227d-1710-4b69-b3d1-f4e92c20d94b"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2844&year=2020"
source_hash: "8921a73b4ba352753605db1b12c6b5805f2deaa394aa66ce2f6c2014a0d7fc66"
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 SB 2844 (2020 Regular Session) — MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.
Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. Effective retroactive to 6/30/2020. (HD2)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB2844** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2844_.HTM)
2. **SB2844_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2844_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2844_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2844_HD2_.HTM)
4. **SB2844_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2844_SD1_.HTM)
5. **SB2844_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2844_SD2_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **110** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **40** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **71** (pass) · lower
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- KOUCHI — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-23** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Referred to JDC, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-20 10:01AM in conference room 016.
- **2020-02-04** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2714) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2020-02-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2020-02-14** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-20 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2020-02-19** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3056) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2020-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-03-20.
- **2020-03-03** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 394) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Referred to JUD, FIN , referral sheet 36 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 03-17-20 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
- **2020-03-16** This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Tuesday 03-17-20 2:05PM in conference room 325.
- **2020-06-19** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 06-22-20 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2020-06-22** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Lowen, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) McKelvey; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Brower, Creagan, Nakashima, Yamane. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1198-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2020-06-24** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Har, McKelvey voting no (2) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Matayoshi excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-26** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 06-29-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2020-06-29** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1259-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-07-02** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Monday, 07-06-20.
- **2020-07-06** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Har, McKelvey voting no (2) and Representative(s) Belatti excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2020-07-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 406). `introduction`
- **2020-07-08** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 07-10-20.
- **2020-07-08** One Day Notice 07-10-20.
- **2020-07-10** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2020-07-10** Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 632).
- **2020-07-13** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-10** Act 011, 08/07/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-10** Act 011, on 08/07/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54f7227d-1710-4b69-b3d1-f4e92c20d94b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).