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Bill	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION.	Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Ombudsman, and Ethics Commission. Declares that certain appropriations will further exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025. (HD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2025	HB 1440	Hawaii HB 1440 (2025)	bill	Appropriations General Fund Expenditure Ceiling Exceeded ($) Legislative Agencies	enacted	NAKAMURA	2	20	3	2025-01-23	2025-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/9022fc2e-5e21-4823-951d-1314ab66fdfa	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1440&year=2025	0a26cbf5e11285a9bf353272e42d958106d7c7fcb82b57276b31e8a1b7a898e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1440 (2025) — MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION.

Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Ombudsman, and Ethics Commission. Declares that certain appropriations will further exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025. (HD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1440 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1440_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Third Reading. — 23–2 (pass) · upper
• The committee on FIN recommend 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.

• 2025-03-13 Act 001, on 03/12/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1101). became-law
• 2025-03-13 Act 001, 03/12/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1101). became-law
• 2025-02-27 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2025-02-27 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 18).
• 2025-02-27 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2025-02-19 One Day Notice 02-27-25.
• 2025-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 709) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2025-02-18 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-14 The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2025-02-10 Referred to WAM. referral-committee
• 2025-02-10 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2025-02-10 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 5). introduction, receipt
• 2025-02-07 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Souza voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2025-02-05 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Belatti voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Souza voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
• 2025-02-05 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 182) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2025-02-04 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
• 2025-01-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-04-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2025-01-27 Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9022fc2e-5e21-4823-951d-1314ab66fdfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).