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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS."
description: "Establishes a five-year Office of the State Construction Manager Pilot Program to provide guidance and recommendations on the design review of certain state construction projects that are administered by the Department of Accounting and General Services or Department of Education and located in any county with a population of less than 500,000. Requires the Office to assign employees to the Department of Public Works of each applicable county to review and approve permit applications under the Pilot Program. Establishes the Design Review Special Fund. Appropriates funds for the Pilot Program and necessary positions. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2543"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2543 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation ($)", "DAGS", "DOE", "Design Review Special Fund", "Office of the State Construction Manager", "Pilot Program", "Positions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HASHIMOTO", "MCKELVEY", "MORIWAKI"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 59
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1da40eca-7bea-45bd-83da-0d32431d20a5"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2543&year=2026"
source_hash: "2ee1f195b4516e55df52cb9482fce88779a18f0f2b2e259aba2c8b86de5b9805"
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 2543 (2026) — RELATING TO STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
Establishes a five-year Office of the State Construction Manager Pilot Program to provide guidance and recommendations on the design review of certain state construction projects that are administered by the Department of Accounting and General Services or Department of Education and located in any county with a population of less than 500,000. Requires the Office to assign employees to the Department of Public Works of each applicable county to review and approve permit applications under the Pilot Program. Establishes the Design Review Special Fund. Appropriates funds for the Pilot Program and necessary positions. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB2543** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2543_.HTM)
2. **SB2543_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2543_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2543_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2543_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB2543_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2543_HD2_.HTM)
5. **SB2543_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2543_SD1_.HTM)
6. **SB2543_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2543_SD2_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **80** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **40** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **50** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **250** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **40** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **40** (pass) · upper
- The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **60** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **130** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MORIWAKI — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-06-24** Act 135, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236). `became-law`
- **2026-06-24** Act 135, 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236). `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 Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Hartsfield, Kusch, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1). `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. 231-26) 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. 231-26).
- **2026-05-01** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Wakai, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Hashem, Lee, M., Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2026-05-01** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 3:50 PM; Conference Room 329.
- **2026-05-01** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 12:55 PM; Conference Room 016.
- **2026-04-30** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 10:20AM; Conference Room 016.
- **2026-04-29** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 10:00AM; Conference Room 016.
- **2026-04-28** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016.
- **2026-04-27** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016.
- **2026-04-24** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016.
- **2026-04-24** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 742). `receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Wakai, Elefante Co-Chairs; Awa.
- **2026-04-23** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 811). `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Hashem, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
- **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. 670). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-04-14** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Iwamoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Deferred one day 04-14-26. `deferral`
- **2026-04-10** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2061-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-04-07** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hartsfield, Perruso, Alcos; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-04-02** The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26. `deferral`
- **2026-03-31** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-03-30** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).
- **2026-03-30** Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1525-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
- **2026-03-24** The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 03-24-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-03-20** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1255-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
- **2026-03-19** The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 03-19-26 9:35AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-03-12** Referred to LAB, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 258) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-10** 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`
- **2026-03-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.
- **2026-03-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2786) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2026-03-02** 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, 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`
- **2026-02-25** The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-02-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. `deferral`
- **2026-02-23** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 10:55AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2026-02-20** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Reported from GVO/EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2593) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2026-02-10** The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Hashimoto, Moriwaki, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** The committee(s) on GVO/EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2026-01-28** Referred to GVO/EIG, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Introduced. `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1da40eca-7bea-45bd-83da-0d32431d20a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).