republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/sb-2598.md

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Bill	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.	Authorizes the use of moneys in certain special and revolving funds for operation and administration costs of related programs. Authorizes the use of the Hawaii agricultural development revolving fund moneys for the acquisition of interests or rights in land and any ongoing costs related thereto. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	SB 2598	Hawaii SB 2598 (2026)	bill	Revolving Funds Special Funds	enacted	DELA CRUZ	3	41	5	2026-01-23	2026-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/61b424fa-f32e-49a1-9e18-677eafc45998	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2598&year=2026	b4725a7b1175ff20fbb6bd04012b9bdb9aec564dcebc2605d4fc1209c4d4e1cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2598 (2026) — RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.

Authorizes the use of moneys in certain special and revolving funds for operation and administration costs of related programs. Authorizes the use of the Hawaii agricultural development revolving fund moneys for the acquisition of interests or rights in land and any ongoing costs related thereto. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB2598 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2598_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB2598_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Third Reading. — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 2–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• DELA CRUZ — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-26 Act 147, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248). became-law
• 2026-06-26 Act 147, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248). became-law
• 2026-05-08 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 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; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka voting no (5) 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 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 136-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 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. 136-26).
• 2026-05-01 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Gedeon.
• 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, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 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.
• 2026-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 720). receipt
• 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Moriwaki Chair; Hashimoto, Fevella.
• 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). receipt
• 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Todd Chair; Takenouchi, Gedeon.
• 2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). receipt
• 2026-04-16 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2026-04-16 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 677). introduction, receipt
• 2026-04-14 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka voting no (5) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-04-09 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia, Gedeon, Pierick voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).
• 2026-04-09 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1985-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2026-04-07 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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-02 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-10 Referred to FIN, referral sheet 16 referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2026-03-06 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 69). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-06 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-03-05 One Day Notice 3/06/2026.
• 2026-03-05 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2817) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2026-03-02 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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
• 2026-02-27 The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-02-26 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2026-01-28 Referred to WAM. referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-01-23 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61b424fa-f32e-49a1-9e18-677eafc45998. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).