SB 933: Chapter 42F; Grants; Executive Branch; Appropriation

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the federal funding freeze imposed by the United States Office of Management and Budget may have detrimental effects on Hawaii's nonprofit sector, which provides critical services in health and human services.  Without assistance from the federal government, Hawaii's federally qualified health centers, and programs that provide child care, social services, subsidized housing, and homeless services, will see a significant drop in funding.

     The purpose of this Act is to appropriate moneys to and authorize temporary full-time equivalent positions for the office of community services of the department of labor and industrial relations to award grants subject to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and other qualifications, for fiscal year 2025-2026, and authorize the office of community services to contract the services of Aloha United Way, Inc., to assist with the administration and distribution of grant awards.

     SECTION 2.  The legislature finds and declares that the grants made pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, under this Act are in the public interest and for the public health, safety, and general welfare.

     SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $50,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 to the office of community services of the department of labor and industrial relations for:

(1)  The awarding of grants made pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the selection process established pursuant to section 4 of this Act, for the benefit of nonprofit organizations in the State of Hawaii; and

(2)  The contracting of administrative support services to evaluate, select, award, distribute moneys to, and monitor compliance of, grant recipients.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of community services of the department of labor and industrial relations for the purpose of this Act.

     SECTION 4.  (a)  Provided that of the general fund appropriation for the office of community services of the department of labor and industrial relations (program ID LBR903) authorized under section 3, the sum of $50,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025‑2026, shall be expended on:

     (1)  Grants issued in accordance with chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and subsection (b); and

     (2)  Any administrative expenses associated with the selection, award, and administration of the grants.

     (b)  In selecting recipients and awarding and administering grants funded by the appropriation contained in section 3 of this Act, there is established an evaluation and selection committee to oversee the evaluation and selection of, and determine grant award amounts to, nonprofit applicants.  The evaluation and selection committee shall be composed of the following members:

     (1)  Two senators appointed by the president of the senate; and

     (2)  Two representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

The meetings of the evaluation and selection committee shall not be subject to part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     To be eligible for a grant funded by the appropriation contained in section 3, applicants shall be recipients or providers that have sustained a reduction or termination of their federal funding, or if the applicant is not a direct federal funding recipient or provider, the applicant shall primarily serve populations that have been negatively affected by reductions or terminations of federal funding.  Applicants for a grant under this Act shall provide documentation evidencing the nature and extent of the federal funding reduction and its impact on the recipient or provider’s operations, programs, or services, or shall demonstrate the causal connection between the federal funding change and the adverse impact on the population served, as well as how the proposed use of grant funds will mitigate or address that impact.

     In evaluating, selecting, awarding, and administering grants funded by the appropriation contained in section 3, the evaluation and selection committee shall apply all qualifying standards, conditions, and other applicable requirements under chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the grant recipients and their respective contracts; provided that the grant application submission deadline contained in section 42F-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall not apply to grants applied for and funded pursuant to this Act.

     (c)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including chapters 103F and 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the office of community services may contract with Aloha United Way, Inc., to provide administrative support to the office of community services to contract and distribute moneys to recipients of grants awarded pursuant chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and this Act.  Subject to the approval of the evaluation and selection committee, Aloha United Way, Inc., may charge and receive an administrative fee of no more than $500,000 to contract, process, and distribute the award of funds made available under this Act.

     After the settlement of all administrative costs, any remaining unencumbered and unexpended balance shall be returned by Aloha United Way, Inc., to the office of community services for deposit into the State’s general fund.

     SECTION 5.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $140,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 for the office of community services to carry out its responsibilities under this Act.  The sum appropriated shall be expended as follows:

     (1)  $130,000 for the establishment of two temporary full‑time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions; and

     (2)  $10,000 for the purchase of office equipment and furniture.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of community services of the department of labor and industrial relations.

     SECTION 6.  If any portion of this Act or its application to any person, entity, or circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, the legislature declares that the remainder of the Act and any other provision thereof shall not be affected thereby.  If any portion of a specific appropriation is held to be invalid for any reason, the remaining portion shall be expended to fulfill the objective of that appropriation to the extent possible.

     SECTION 7.  If manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the governor may correct the errors.

     SECTION 8.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

Report Title:

Chapter 42F; Grants; Executive Branch; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates moneys to the Office of Community Services of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the award of grants for fiscal year 2025-2026.  Establishes an evaluation and selection committee to oversee the awarding of grants.  Authorizes the Office of Community Services to contract the services of Aloha United Way to assist with the administration and distribution of grant awards.  Appropriates moneys to the Office of Community Services for positions, office equipment, and furniture.  (CD1)

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

PART I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Section 1.  SHORT TITLE.  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Grant Funding Act of 2025.

     SECTION 2.  The legislature finds that the federal funding freeze imposed by the United States Office of Management and Budget may have detrimental effects on Hawaii's nonprofit sector, which provides critical services in health and human services.  Without assistance from the federal government, Hawaii's federally qualified health centers, and programs that provide child care, social services, subsidized housing, and homeless services, will see a significant drop in funding.

     The purpose of this Act is to provide one-time nonrecurring grants to organizations that provide critical services, in accordance with chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     SECTION 3.  The legislature finds and declares that the grants made pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, under this Act are in the public interest and for the public health, safety, and general welfare.

     SECTION 4.  DEFINITIONS.  Unless otherwise clear from the context, as used in this Act:

     "Expending agency" means the executive department, independent commission, bureau, office, board, or other establishment of the state government (other than the legislature and office of Hawaiian affairs), the judiciary, the political subdivisions of the State, or any quasi‑public institution supported in whole or in part by state funds, which is authorized to expend specified appropriations made by this Act.

     Abbreviations, where used to denote the expending agency, shall mean the following:

AGR  Department of agriculture

AGS  Department of accounting and general services

ATG  Department of the attorney general

BED  Department of business, economic development, and tourism

BUF  Department of budget and finance

CCA  Department of commerce and consumer affairs

DEF  Department of defense

EDN  Department of education

GOV  Office of the governor

HHL  Department of Hawaiian home lands

HMS  Department of human services

HRD  Department of human resources development

HTH  Department of health

JUD  Judiciary

LBR  Department of labor and industrial relations

LNR  Department of land and natural resources

LTG  Office of the lieutenant governor

PSD  Department of public safety

SUB  Subsidies

TAX  Department of taxation

TRN  Department of transportation

UOH  University of Hawaii

CCH  City and county of Honolulu

COH  County of Hawaii

COK  County of Kauai

COM  County of Maui

     "Means of financing" or "MOF" means the source from which funds are appropriated or authorized to be expended for the programs and projects specified in this Act.  All appropriations are followed by letter symbols.  The letter symbols, where used, shall have the following meanings:

A    General funds

B    Special funds

C    General obligation bond fund

D    General obligation bond fund with debt service cost to be paid from special funds

E    Revenue bond funds

J    Federal aid interstate funds

K    Federal aid primary funds

L    Federal aid secondary funds

M    Federal aid urban funds

N    Federal funds

P    Other federal funds

R    Private contributions

S    County funds

T    Trust funds

U    Interdepartmental transfers

W    Revolving funds

X    Other funds

     "Program ID" means the unique identifier for the specific program and consists of the abbreviation for the organization responsible for carrying out the program followed by the organization number for the program.

PART II.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS - EXECUTIVE BRANCH

     SECTION 5.  APPROPRIATIONS.  The legislature finds that the grant recipients named in this part have applied for a grant pursuant to section 42F-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and qualify to receive a grant pursuant to section 42F-103, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     The appropriations shall be disbursed by a contract between the named expending agency and the grant recipient pursuant to sections 42F-104, 42F-105, and 42F-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Further, the legislature finds and declares that the grants are in the public interest and for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the State.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the expending agencies designated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

A.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

B.  EMPLOYMENT

C.  TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

D.  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

E.  HEALTH

F.  SOCIAL SERVICES

G.  FORMAL EDUCATION

H.  CULTURE AND RECREATION

I.  PUBLIC SAFETY

J.  INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

K.  GOVERNMENT-WIDE SUPPORT

PART III.  SPECIAL PROVISIONS - EXECUTIVE BRANCH

     SECTION 6.  The governor may supplement funds for any cost element for a capital improvement project authorized under this Act by transferring sums as may be needed from the funds appropriated for any other cost element of the same project by this Act or any other prior or future Act that has not lapsed; provided that the total expenditure of funds for all cost elements shall not exceed the total appropriations for that project; provided further that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 7.  Any provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, the appropriations made for capital improvement projects authorized under this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all appropriations made to be expended in fiscal biennium 2025-2027 that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2028, shall lapse as of that date; provided further that this lapsing date shall not apply to non‑general fund appropriations for projects described in this Act where the appropriations have been deemed necessary to qualify for federal aid financing and reimbursement; provided further that those non-general fund appropriations that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2029, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 8.  In releasing funds for capital improvement projects, the governor shall consider legislative intent and the objectives of the user agency and its programs; the scope and level of the user agency's intended service; and the means, efficiency, and economics by which the project will meet the objectives of the user agency and the State; provided that agencies responsible for construction shall take into consideration legislative intent, the objectives of the user agency and its programs, and the scope and level of the user agency's intended service and construct the improvement to meet the objectives of the user agency in the most efficient and economical manner possible.

     SECTION 9.  With the approval of the governor, designated expending agencies for capital improvement projects authorized in this Act may delegate to other state or county agencies the implementation of projects when it is determined advantageous to do so by both the original expending agency and the agency to which expending authority is to be delegated; provided that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 10.  No appropriation authorized in this Act for expenditure by a political subdivision of the State shall be considered to be a mandate to undertake new programs or to increase the level of services under existing programs of that political subdivision.  If any appropriation authorized in this Act constitutes a mandate within the provisions of section 5 of article VIII of the Hawaii State Constitution, the authorization shall be void and, in the case of capital improvement appropriations designated to be financed from the general obligation bond fund, the total general obligation bonds authorized for those projects shall be correspondingly decreased.

     SECTION 11.  Whenever the expending agency to which an appropriation is made is changed due to legislation enacted during any session of the legislature that affects the appropriations made by this Act, the governor shall transfer the necessary funds and positions to the proper expending agency as provided by law.

     SECTION 12.  If the State should assume the direct operation of any non-governmental agency receiving state funds under the provisions of this Act, all related state funds shall constitute a credit to the State against the costs of acquiring all or any portion of the property, real, personal, or mixed, of the non-governmental agency.  This credit shall be applicable regardless of when the acquisition takes place.

     SECTION 13.  Where an agency is authorized to secure funds or other property from private organizations or individuals to be expended or utilized in connection with any authorized program, the agency, with the governor's approval, may enter into the undertaking; provided that the provisions of the undertaking comply with applicable state constitutional and statutory requirements; provided further that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 14.  Except as otherwise provided by general law, negotiations for the purchase of land by state agencies shall be subject to the approval of the governor and the department of land and natural resources or other appropriate agency; provided that private lands may be acquired for the purpose of exchange for federal lands when the department of land and natural resources and the governor determine that the acquisition and exchange are necessary for the completion of any project specifically authorized by this Act.

     SECTION 15.  With the approval of the governor, expending agencies that use appropriations authorized in part II of this Act for planning, land acquisition, design, construction, and equipment for repair and alterations may delegate that responsibility and transfer funds to public works – planning, design, and construction (AGS221) for the implementation of the repair and alterations when it is determined by the agencies that it is advantageous to do so; provided that the governor shall submit to the legislature a summary report of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

PART IV.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS - JUDICIARY

     SECTION 16.  APPROPRIATIONS.  The legislature finds that the grant recipients named in this part have applied for a grant pursuant to section 42F-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and qualify to receive a grant pursuant to section 42F-103, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     The appropriations shall be disbursed by a contract between the named expending agency and the grant recipient pursuant to sections 42F-104, 42F-105, and 42F-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Further, the legislature finds and declares that the grants are in the public interest and for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the State.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the expending agencies designated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

A.  JUDICIARY

PART V.  SPECIAL PROVISIONS - JUDICIARY

     SECTION 17.  The chief justice may supplement funds for any cost element for a capital improvement project authorized under this Act by transferring sums as may be needed from the funds appropriated for any other cost element of the same project by this Act or any other prior or future Act that has not lapsed; provided that the total expenditure of funds for all cost elements shall not exceed the total appropriations for that project; provided further that the chief justice shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 18.  Any provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, the appropriations made for capital improvement projects authorized under this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all appropriations made to be expended in fiscal biennium 2025-2027 that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2028, shall lapse as of that date; provided further that this lapsing date shall not apply to non‑general fund appropriations for projects described in this Act where the appropriations have been deemed necessary to qualify for federal aid financing and reimbursement; provided further that those non-general fund appropriations that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2029, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 19.  In releasing funds for capital improvement projects, the chief justice shall consider legislative intent and the objectives of the judiciary and its programs; the scope and level of the judiciary's intended service; and the means, efficiency, and economics by which the project will meet the objectives of the judiciary and the State; provided that judiciary shall take into consideration legislative intent, the objectives of the responsible for construction and its programs, and the scope and level of the judiciary's intended service and construct the improvement to meet the objectives of the user agency in the most efficient and economical manner possible.

     SECTION 20.  With the approval of the chief justice, the judiciary may delegate to other state or county agencies the implementation of projects when it is determined advantageous to do so by both the judiciary and the agency to which expending authority is to be delegated; provided that the chief justice shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 21.  No appropriation authorized in this Act for expenditure by the judiciary shall be considered to be a mandate to undertake new programs or to increase the level of services under existing programs of the judiciary.  If any appropriation authorized in this Act constitutes a mandate within the provisions of section 5 of article VIII of the Hawaii State Constitution, the authorization shall be void and, in the case of capital improvement appropriations designated to be financed from the general obligation bond fund, the total general obligation bonds authorized for those projects shall be correspondingly decreased.

     SECTION 22.  Whenever the expending agency to which an appropriation is made is changed due to legislation enacted during any session of the legislature that affects the appropriations made by this Act, the chief justice shall transfer the necessary funds and positions to the proper expending agency as provided by law.

     SECTION 23.  If the State should assume the direct operation of any non-governmental agency receiving state funds under the provisions of this Act, all related state funds shall constitute a credit to the State against the costs of acquiring all or any portion of the property, real, personal, or mixed, of the non-governmental agency.  This credit shall be applicable regardless of when the acquisition takes place.

     SECTION 24.  Where the judiciary is authorized to secure funds or other property from private organizations or individuals to be expended or utilized in connection with any authorized program, the agency, with the chief justice's approval, may enter into the undertaking; provided that the provisions of the undertaking comply with applicable state constitutional and statutory requirements; provided further that the chief justice shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 25.  Except as otherwise provided by general law, negotiations for the purchase of land by state agencies shall be subject to the approval of the chief justice and the department of land and natural resources or other appropriate agency; provided that private lands may be acquired for the purpose of exchange for federal lands when the department of land and natural resources and the chief justice determine that the acquisition and exchange are necessary for the completion of any project specifically authorized by this Act.

     SECTION 26.  With the approval of the chief justice, expending agencies that use appropriations authorized in part IV of this Act for planning, land acquisition, design, construction, and equipment for repair and alterations may delegate that responsibility and transfer funds to public works – planning, design, and construction (AGS221) for the implementation of the repair and alterations when it is determined by the agencies that it is advantageous to do so; provided that the chief justice shall submit to the legislature a summary report of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

PART VI.  MISCELLANEOUS AND EFFECTIVE DATE

     SECTION 27.  (a)  An organization shall not receive grant moneys pursuant to this Act unless the organization:

     (1)  Provides crucial programmatic aid and outreach in the health, human services, or legal representation sector;

     (2)  Normally receives substantial federal funding for the purpose of program operations;

     (3)  Is considered at a risk of losing, or receiving a significantly decreased amount of, federal funding if the suspension or termination of funding occurs; and

     (4)  Agrees to be subject to audits conducts by the State, or any contracted entity of the State, to ensure the organization's use of moneys authorized by this Act is consistent with the purposes of this Act.

     (b)  Each organization that receives grant moneys pursuant to this Act shall provide to the legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2026, a report to the legislature that includes:

     (1)  The specific sources of federal funding for the organization from which funding has been suspended or terminated;

     (2)  The reasons why funding may be affected by the suspension or termination of funding; and

     (3)  Detailed, itemized explanations regarding how moneys provided by the Act shall be used to supplant suspended or terminated federal funding.

     SECTION 28.  If any portion of this Act or its application to any person, entity, or circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, the legislature declares that the remainder of the Act and each and every other provision thereof shall not be affected thereby.  If any portion of a specific appropriation is held to be invalid for any reason, the remaining portion shall be expended to fulfill the objective of that appropriation to the extent possible.

     SECTION 29.  If manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the governor or the chief justice, as the case may be, may correct the errors.

     SECTION 30.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

Report Title:

Chapter 42F; Grants; Executive Branch; Judiciary; Appropriations

Description:

Appropriates moneys for grants for fiscal year 2025-2026.  Subjects recipient organizations to certain requirements.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

PART I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Section 1.  SHORT TITLE.  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Grant Funding Act of 2025.

     SECTION 2.  The legislature finds that the federal funding freeze imposed by the United States Office of Management and Budget may have detrimental effects on Hawaii's nonprofit sector, which provides critical services in health and human services.  Without assistance from the federal government, Hawaii's federally qualified health centers, and programs that provide child care, social services, subsidized housing, and homeless services, will see a significant drop in funding.

     The purpose of this Act is to provide one-time nonrecurring grants to organizations that provide critical services, in accordance with chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     SECTION 3.  The legislature finds and declares that the grants made pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, under this Act are in the public interest and for the public health, safety, and general welfare.

     SECTION 4.  DEFINITIONS.  Unless otherwise clear from the context, as used in this Act:

     "Expending agency" means the executive department, independent commission, bureau, office, board, or other establishment of the state government (other than the legislature and office of Hawaiian affairs), the judiciary, the political subdivisions of the State, or any quasi‑public institution supported in whole or in part by state funds, which is authorized to expend specified appropriations made by this Act.

     Abbreviations, where used to denote the expending agency, shall mean the following:

AGR  Department of agriculture

AGS  Department of accounting and general services

ATG  Department of the attorney general

BED  Department of business, economic development, and tourism

BUF  Department of budget and finance

CCA  Department of commerce and consumer affairs

DEF  Department of defense

EDN  Department of education

GOV  Office of the governor

HHL  Department of Hawaiian home lands

HMS  Department of human services

HRD  Department of human resources development

HTH  Department of health

JUD  Judiciary

LBR  Department of labor and industrial relations

LNR  Department of land and natural resources

LTG  Office of the lieutenant governor

PSD  Department of public safety

SUB  Subsidies

TAX  Department of taxation

TRN  Department of transportation

UOH  University of Hawaii

CCH  City and county of Honolulu

COH  County of Hawaii

COK  County of Kauai

COM  County of Maui

     "Means of financing" or "MOF" means the source from which funds are appropriated or authorized to be expended for the programs and projects specified in this Act.  All appropriations are followed by letter symbols.  The letter symbols, where used, shall have the following meanings:

A    General funds

B    Special funds

C    General obligation bond fund

D    General obligation bond fund with debt service cost to be paid from special funds

E    Revenue bond funds

J    Federal aid interstate funds

K    Federal aid primary funds

L    Federal aid secondary funds

M    Federal aid urban funds

N    Federal funds

P    Other federal funds

R    Private contributions

S    County funds

T    Trust funds

U    Interdepartmental transfers

W    Revolving funds

X    Other funds

     "Program ID" means the unique identifier for the specific program and consists of the abbreviation for the organization responsible for carrying out the program followed by the organization number for the program.

PART II.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS - EXECUTIVE BRANCH

     SECTION 5.  APPROPRIATIONS.   The legislature finds that the grant recipients named in this part have applied for a grant pursuant to section 42F-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and qualify to receive a grant pursuant to section 42F-103, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     The appropriations shall be disbursed by a contract between the named expending agency and the grant recipient pursuant to sections 42F-104, 42F-105, and 42F-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Further, the legislature finds and declares that the grants are in the public interest and for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the State.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the expending agencies designated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

A.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

B.  EMPLOYMENT

C.  TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

D.  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

E.  HEALTH

F.  SOCIAL SERVICES

G.  FORMAL EDUCATION

H.  CULTURE AND RECREATION

I.  PUBLIC SAFETY

J.  INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

K.  GOVERNMENT-WIDE SUPPORT

PART III.  SPECIAL PROVISIONS - EXECUTIVE BRANCH

     SECTION 6.  The governor may supplement funds for any cost element for a capital improvement project authorized under this Act by transferring sums as may be needed from the funds appropriated for any other cost element of the same project by this Act or any other prior or future Act that has not lapsed; provided that the total expenditure of funds for all cost elements shall not exceed the total appropriations for that project; provided further that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 7.  Any provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, the appropriations made for capital improvement projects authorized under this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all appropriations made to be expended in fiscal biennium 2025-2027 that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2028, shall lapse as of that date; provided further that this lapsing date shall not apply to non‑general fund appropriations for projects described in this Act where the appropriations have been deemed necessary to qualify for federal aid financing and reimbursement; provided further that those non-general fund appropriations that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2029, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 8.  In releasing funds for capital improvement projects, the governor shall consider legislative intent and the objectives of the user agency and its programs; the scope and level of the user agency's intended service; and the means, efficiency, and economics by which the project will meet the objectives of the user agency and the State; provided that agencies responsible for construction shall take into consideration legislative intent, the objectives of the user agency and its programs, and the scope and level of the user agency's intended service and construct the improvement to meet the objectives of the user agency in the most efficient and economical manner possible.

     SECTION 9.  With the approval of the governor, designated expending agencies for capital improvement projects authorized in this Act may delegate to other state or county agencies the implementation of projects when it is determined advantageous to do so by both the original expending agency and the agency to which expending authority is to be delegated; provided that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 10.  No appropriation authorized in this Act for expenditure by a political subdivision of the State shall be considered to be a mandate to undertake new programs or to increase the level of services under existing programs of that political subdivision.  If any appropriation authorized in this Act constitutes a mandate within the provisions of section 5 of article VIII of the Hawaii State Constitution, the authorization shall be void and, in the case of capital improvement appropriations designated to be financed from the general obligation bond fund, the total general obligation bonds authorized for those projects shall be correspondingly decreased.

     SECTION 11.  Whenever the expending agency to which an appropriation is made is changed due to legislation enacted during any session of the legislature that affects the appropriations made by this Act, the governor shall transfer the necessary funds and positions to the proper expending agency as provided by law.

     SECTION 12.  If the State should assume the direct operation of any non-governmental agency receiving state funds under the provisions of this Act, all related state funds shall constitute a credit to the State against the costs of acquiring all or any portion of the property, real, personal, or mixed, of the non-governmental agency.  This credit shall be applicable regardless of when the acquisition takes place.

     SECTION 13.  Where an agency is authorized to secure funds or other property from private organizations or individuals to be expended or utilized in connection with any authorized program, the agency, with the governor's approval, may enter into the undertaking; provided that the provisions of the undertaking comply with applicable state constitutional and statutory requirements; provided further that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 14.  Except as otherwise provided by general law, negotiations for the purchase of land by state agencies shall be subject to the approval of the governor and the department of land and natural resources or other appropriate agency; provided that private lands may be acquired for the purpose of exchange for federal lands when the department of land and natural resources and the governor determine that the acquisition and exchange are necessary for the completion of any project specifically authorized by this Act.

     SECTION 15.  With the approval of the governor, expending agencies that use appropriations authorized in part II of this Act for planning, land acquisition, design, construction, and equipment for repair and alterations may delegate that responsibility and transfer funds to public works – planning, design, and construction (AGS221) for the implementation of the repair and alterations when it is determined by the agencies that it is advantageous to do so; provided that the governor shall submit to the legislature a summary report of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

PART IV.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS - JUDICIARY

     SECTION 16.  APPROPRIATIONS.  The legislature finds that the grant recipients named in this part have applied for a grant pursuant to section 42F-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and qualify to receive a grant pursuant to section 42F-103, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     The appropriations shall be disbursed by a contract between the named expending agency and the grant recipient pursuant to sections 42F-104, 42F-105, and 42F-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Further, the legislature finds and declares that the grants are in the public interest and for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the State.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the expending agencies designated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

A.  JUDICIARY

PART V.  SPECIAL PROVISIONS - JUDICIARY

     SECTION 17.  The chief justice may supplement funds for any cost element for a capital improvement project authorized under this Act by transferring sums as may be needed from the funds appropriated for any other cost element of the same project by this Act or any other prior or future Act that has not lapsed; provided that the total expenditure of funds for all cost elements shall not exceed the total appropriations for that project; provided further that the chief justice shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 18.  Any provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, the appropriations made for capital improvement projects authorized under this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all appropriations made to be expended in fiscal biennium 2025-2027 that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2028, shall lapse as of that date; provided further that this lapsing date shall not apply to non‑general fund appropriations for projects described in this Act where the appropriations have been deemed necessary to qualify for federal aid financing and reimbursement; provided further that those non-general fund appropriations that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2029, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 19.  In releasing funds for capital improvement projects, the chief justice shall consider legislative intent and the objectives of the judiciary and its programs; the scope and level of the judiciary 's intended service; and the means, efficiency, and economics by which the project will meet the objectives of the judiciary and the State; provided that judiciary shall take into consideration legislative intent, the objectives of the responsible for construction and its programs, and the scope and level of the judiciary's intended service and construct the improvement to meet the objectives of the user agency in the most efficient and economical manner possible.

     SECTION 20.  With the approval of the chief justice, the judiciary may delegate to other state or county agencies the implementation of projects when it is determined advantageous to do so by both the judiciary and the agency to which expending authority is to be delegated; provided that the chief justice shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 21.  No appropriation authorized in this Act for expenditure by the judiciary shall be considered to be a mandate to undertake new programs or to increase the level of services under existing programs of the judiciary.  If any appropriation authorized in this Act constitutes a mandate within the provisions of section 5 of article VIII of the Hawaii State Constitution, the authorization shall be void and, in the case of capital improvement appropriations designated to be financed from the general obligation bond fund, the total general obligation bonds authorized for those projects shall be correspondingly decreased.

     SECTION 22.  Whenever the expending agency to which an appropriation is made is changed due to legislation enacted during any session of the legislature that affects the appropriations made by this Act, the chief justice shall transfer the necessary funds and positions to the proper expending agency as provided by law.

     SECTION 23.  If the State should assume the direct operation of any non-governmental agency receiving state funds under the provisions of this Act, all related state funds shall constitute a credit to the State against the costs of acquiring all or any portion of the property, real, personal, or mixed, of the non-governmental agency.  This credit shall be applicable regardless of when the acquisition takes place.

     SECTION 24.  Where the judiciary is authorized to secure funds or other property from private organizations or individuals to be expended or utilized in connection with any authorized program, the agency, with the chief justice's approval, may enter into the undertaking; provided that the provisions of the undertaking comply with applicable state constitutional and statutory requirements; provided further that the chief justice shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 25.  Except as otherwise provided by general law, negotiations for the purchase of land by state agencies shall be subject to the approval of the chief justice and the department of land and natural resources or other appropriate agency; provided that private lands may be acquired for the purpose of exchange for federal lands when the department of land and natural resources and the chief justice determine that the acquisition and exchange are necessary for the completion of any project specifically authorized by this Act.

     SECTION 26.  With the approval of the chief justice, expending agencies that use appropriations authorized in part IV of this Act for planning, land acquisition, design, construction, and equipment for repair and alterations may delegate that responsibility and transfer funds to public works – planning, design, and construction (AGS221) for the implementation of the repair and alterations when it is determined by the agencies that it is advantageous to do so; provided that the chief justice shall submit to the legislature a summary report of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

PART VI.  MISCELLANEOUS AND EFFECTIVE DATE

     SECTION 27.  (a)  An organization shall not receive grant moneys pursuant to this Act unless the organization:

     (1)  Provides crucial programmatic aid and outreach in the health, human services, or legal representation sector;

     (2)  Normally receives substantial federal funding for the purpose of program operations;

     (3)  Is considered at a risk of losing, or receiving a significantly decreased amount of, federal funding if the suspension or termination of funding occurs; and

     (4)  Agrees to be subject to audits conducts by the State, or any contracted entity of the State, to ensure the organization's use of moneys authorized by this Act is consistent with the purposes of this Act.

     (b)  Each organization that receives grant moneys pursuant to this Act shall provide to the legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2026, a report to the legislature that includes:

     (1)  The specific sources of federal funding for the organization from which funding has been suspended or terminated;

     (2)  The reasons why funding may be affected by the suspension or termination of funding; and

     (3)  Detailed, itemized explanations regarding how moneys provided by the Act shall be used to supplant suspended or terminated federal funding.

     SECTION 28.  If any portion of this Act or its application to any person, entity, or circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, the legislature declares that the remainder of the Act and each and every other provision thereof shall not be affected thereby.  If any portion of a specific appropriation is held to be invalid for any reason, the remaining portion shall be expended to fulfill the objective of that appropriation to the extent possible.

     SECTION 29.  If manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the governor or the chief of justice, as the case may be, may correct the errors.

     SECTION 30.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Chapter 42F; Grants; Executive Branch; Judiciary; Appropriations

Description:

Appropriates moneys for grants for fiscal year 2025-2026.  Subjects recipient organizations to certain requirements.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

PART I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Section 1.  SHORT TITLE.  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Grant Funding Act of 2025.

     SECTION 2.  The legislature finds that the federal funding freeze imposed by the United States Office of Management and Budget may have detrimental effects on Hawaii's nonprofit sector, which provides critical services in health and human services.  Without assistance from the federal government, Hawaii's federally qualified health centers, and programs that provide child care, social services, subsidized housing, and homeless services, will see a significant drop in funding.

     The purpose of this Act is to provide one-time nonrecurring grants to organizations that provide critical services, in accordance with chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     SECTION 3.  The legislature finds and declares that the grants made pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, under this Act are in the public interest and for the public health, safety, and general welfare.

     SECTION 4.  DEFINITIONS.  Unless otherwise clear from the context, as used in this Act:

     "Expending agency" means the executive department, independent commission, bureau, office, board, or other establishment of the state government (other than the legislature, office of Hawaiian affairs, and judiciary), the political subdivisions of the State, or any quasi‑public institution supported in whole or in part by state funds, which is authorized to expend specified appropriations made by this Act.

     Abbreviations, where used to denote the expending agency, shall mean the following:

AGR  Department of agriculture

AGS  Department of accounting and general services

ATG  Department of the attorney general

BED  Department of business, economic development, and tourism

BUF  Department of budget and finance

CCA  Department of commerce and consumer affairs

DEF  Department of defense

EDN  Department of education

GOV  Office of the governor

HHL  Department of Hawaiian home lands

HMS  Department of human services

HRD  Department of human resources development

HTH  Department of health

LBR  Department of labor and industrial relations

LNR  Department of land and natural resources

LTG  Office of the lieutenant governor

PSD  Department of public safety

SUB  Subsidies

TAX  Department of taxation

TRN  Department of transportation

UOH  University of Hawaii

CCH  City and county of Honolulu

COH  County of Hawaii

COK  County of Kauai

COM  County of Maui

     "Means of financing" or "MOF" means the source from which funds are appropriated or authorized to be expended for the programs and projects specified in this Act.  All appropriations are followed by letter symbols.  The letter symbols, where used, shall have the following meanings:

A    General funds

B    Special funds

C    General obligation bond fund

D    General obligation bond fund with debt service cost to be paid from special funds

E    Revenue bond funds

J    Federal aid interstate funds

K    Federal aid primary funds

L    Federal aid secondary funds

M    Federal aid urban funds

N    Federal funds

P    Other federal funds

R    Private contributions

S    County funds

T    Trust funds

U    Interdepartmental transfers

W    Revolving funds

X    Other funds

     "Program ID" means the unique identifier for the specific program and consists of the abbreviation for the organization responsible for carrying out the program followed by the organization number for the program.

PART II.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS

     SECTION 5.  APPROPRIATIONS.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the expending agencies designated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

A.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

B.  EMPLOYMENT

C.  TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

D.  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

E.  HEALTH

F.  SOCIAL SERVICES

G.  FORMAL EDUCATION

H.  CULTURE AND RECREATION

I.  PUBLIC SAFETY

J.  INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

K.  GOVERNMENT-WIDE SUPPORT

PART III.  SPECIAL PROVISIONS

     SECTION 6.  The governor may supplement funds for any cost element for a capital improvement project authorized under this Act by transferring sums as may be needed from the funds appropriated for any other cost element of the same project by this Act or any other prior or future Act that has not lapsed; provided that the total expenditure of funds for all cost elements shall not exceed the total appropriations for that project; provided further that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 7.  Any provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, the appropriations made for capital improvement projects authorized under this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all appropriations made to be expended in fiscal biennium 2025-2027 that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2028, shall lapse as of that date; provided further that this lapsing date shall not apply to non‑general fund appropriations for projects described in this Act where the appropriations have been deemed necessary to qualify for federal aid financing and reimbursement; provided further that those non-general fund appropriations that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2029, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 8.  In releasing funds for capital improvement projects, the governor shall consider legislative intent and the objectives of the user agency and its programs; the scope and level of the user agency's intended service; and the means, efficiency, and economics by which the project will meet the objectives of the user agency and the State; provided that agencies responsible for construction shall take into consideration legislative intent, the objectives of the user agency and its programs, and the scope and level of the user agency's intended service and construct the improvement to meet the objectives of the user agency in the most efficient and economical manner possible.

     SECTION 9.  With the approval of the governor, designated expending agencies for capital improvement projects authorized in this Act may delegate to other state or county agencies the implementation of projects when it is determined advantageous to do so by both the original expending agency and the agency to which expending authority is to be delegated; provided that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 10.  No appropriation authorized in this Act for expenditure by a political subdivision of the State shall be considered to be a mandate to undertake new programs or to increase the level of services under existing programs of that political subdivision.  If any appropriation authorized in this Act constitutes a mandate within the provisions of section 5 of article VIII of the Hawaii State Constitution, the authorization shall be void and, in the case of capital improvement appropriations designated to be financed from the general obligation bond fund, the total general obligation bonds authorized for those projects shall be correspondingly decreased.

     SECTION 11.  Whenever the expending agency to which an appropriation is made is changed due to legislation enacted during any session of the legislature that affects the appropriations made by this Act, the governor shall transfer the necessary funds and positions to the proper expending agency as provided by law.

     SECTION 12.  If the State should assume the direct operation of any non-governmental agency receiving state funds under the provisions of this Act, all related state funds shall constitute a credit to the State against the costs of acquiring all or any portion of the property, real, personal, or mixed, of the non-governmental agency.  This credit shall be applicable regardless of when the acquisition takes place.

     SECTION 13.  Where an agency is authorized to secure funds or other property from private organizations or individuals to be expended or utilized in connection with any authorized program, the agency, with the governor's approval, may enter into the undertaking; provided that the provisions of the undertaking comply with applicable state constitutional and statutory requirements; provided further that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 14.  Except as otherwise provided by general law, negotiations for the purchase of land by state agencies shall be subject to the approval of the governor and the department of land and natural resources or other appropriate agency; provided that private lands may be acquired for the purpose of exchange for federal lands when the department of land and natural resources and the governor determine that the acquisition and exchange are necessary for the completion of any project specifically authorized by this Act.

     SECTION 15.  With the approval of the governor, expending agencies that use appropriations authorized in part II of this Act for planning, land acquisition, design, construction, and equipment for repair and alterations may delegate that responsibility and transfer funds to public works – planning, design, and construction (AGS221) for the implementation of the repair and alterations when it is determined by the agencies that it is advantageous to do so; provided that the governor shall submit to the legislature a summary report of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

PART IV.  MISCELLANEOUS AND EFFECTIVE DATE

     SECTION 16.  If any portion of this Act or its application to any person, entity, or circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, the legislature declares that the remainder of the Act and each and every other provision thereof shall not be affected thereby.  If any portion of a specific appropriation is held to be invalid for any reason, the remaining portion shall be expended to fulfill the objective of that appropriation to the extent possible.

     SECTION 17.  If manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the governor may correct the errors.

     SECTION 18.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

Report Title:

Chapter 42F; Grants; Appropriations

Description:

Appropriates moneys for grants for fiscal year 2025-2026.  (SD1)

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

PART I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Section 1.  SHORT TITLE.  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Grant Funding Act of 2025.

     SECTION 2.  The legislature finds that the federal funding freeze imposed by the United States Office of Management and Budget may have detrimental effects on Hawaii's nonprofit sector, which provides critical services in health and human services.  Without assistance from the federal government, Hawaii's federally qualified health centers, and programs that provide child care, social services, subsidized housing, and homeless services, will see a significant drop in funding.

     The purpose of this Act is to provide one-time nonrecurring grants to organizations that provide critical services, in accordance with chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     SECTION 3.  The legislature finds and declares that the grants made pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, under this Act are in the public interest and for the public health, safety, and general welfare.

     SECTION 4.  DEFINITIONS.  Unless otherwise clear from the context, as used in this Act:

     "Expending agency" means the executive department, independent commission, bureau, office, board, or other establishment of the state government (other than the legislature, office of Hawaiian affairs, and judiciary), the political subdivisions of the State, or any quasi‑public institution supported in whole or in part by state funds, which is authorized to expend specified appropriations made by this Act.

     Abbreviations, where used to denote the expending agency, shall mean the following:

AGR  Department of agriculture

AGS  Department of accounting and general services

ATG  Department of the attorney general

BED  Department of business, economic development, and tourism

BUF  Department of budget and finance

CCA  Department of commerce and consumer affairs

DEF  Department of defense

EDN  Department of education

GOV  Office of the governor

HHL  Department of Hawaiian home lands

HMS  Department of human services

HRD  Department of human resources development

HTH  Department of health

LBR  Department of labor and industrial relations

LNR  Department of land and natural resources

LTG  Office of the lieutenant governor

PSD  Department of public safety

SUB  Subsidies

TAX  Department of taxation

TRN  Department of transportation

UOH  University of Hawaii

CCH  City and county of Honolulu

COH  County of Hawaii

COK  County of Kauai

COM  County of Maui

     "Means of financing" or "MOF" means the source from which funds are appropriated or authorized to be expended for the programs and projects specified in this Act.  All appropriations are followed by letter symbols.  The letter symbols, where used, shall have the following meanings:

A    General funds

B    Special funds

C    General obligation bond fund

D    General obligation bond fund with debt service cost to be paid from special funds

E    Revenue bond funds

J    Federal aid interstate funds

K    Federal aid primary funds

L    Federal aid secondary funds

M    Federal aid urban funds

N    Federal funds

P    Other federal funds

R    Private contributions

S    County funds

T    Trust funds

U    Interdepartmental transfers

W    Revolving funds

X    Other funds

     "Program ID" means the unique identifier for the specific program and consists of the abbreviation for the organization responsible for carrying out the program followed by the organization number for the program.

PART II.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS

     SECTION 5.  APPROPRIATIONS.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the expending agencies designated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

A.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

B.  EMPLOYMENT

C.  TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

D.  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

E.  HEALTH

F.  SOCIAL SERVICES

G.  FORMAL EDUCATION

H.  CULTURE AND RECREATION

I.  PUBLIC SAFETY

J.  INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

K.  GOVERNMENT-WIDE SUPPORT

PART III.  SPECIAL PROVISIONS

     SECTION 6.  The governor may supplement funds for any cost element for a capital improvement project authorized under this Act by transferring sums as may be needed from the funds appropriated for any other cost element of the same project by this Act or any other prior or future Act that has not lapsed; provided that the total expenditure of funds for all cost elements shall not exceed the total appropriations for that project; provided further that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 7.  Any provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, the appropriations made for capital improvement projects authorized under this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all appropriations made to be expended in fiscal biennium 2025-2027 that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2028, shall lapse as of that date; provided further that this lapsing date shall not apply to non‑general fund appropriations for projects described in this Act where the appropriations have been deemed necessary to qualify for federal aid financing and reimbursement; provided further that those non-general fund appropriations that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2029, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 8.  In releasing funds for capital improvement projects, the governor shall consider legislative intent and the objectives of the user agency and its programs; the scope and level of the user agency's intended service; and the means, efficiency, and economics by which the project will meet the objectives of the user agency and the State; provided that agencies responsible for construction shall take into consideration legislative intent, the objectives of the user agency and its programs, and the scope and level of the user agency's intended service and construct the improvement to meet the objectives of the user agency in the most efficient and economical manner possible.

     SECTION 9.  With the approval of the governor, designated expending agencies for capital improvement projects authorized in this Act may delegate to other state or county agencies the implementation of projects when it is determined advantageous to do so by both the original expending agency and the agency to which expending authority is to be delegated; provided that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 10.  No appropriation authorized in this Act for expenditure by a political subdivision of the State shall be considered to be a mandate to undertake new programs or to increase the level of services under existing programs of that political subdivision.  If any appropriation authorized in this Act constitutes a mandate within the provisions of section 5 of article VIII of the Hawaii State Constitution, the authorization shall be void and, in the case of capital improvement appropriations designated to be financed from the general obligation bond fund, the total general obligation bonds authorized for those projects shall be correspondingly decreased.

     SECTION 11.  Whenever the expending agency to which an appropriation is made is changed due to legislation enacted during any session of the legislature that affects the appropriations made by this Act, the governor shall transfer the necessary funds and positions to the proper expending agency as provided by law.

     SECTION 12.  If the State should assume the direct operation of any non-governmental agency receiving state funds under the provisions of this Act, all related state funds shall constitute a credit to the State against the costs of acquiring all or any portion of the property, real, personal, or mixed, of the non-governmental agency.  This credit shall be applicable regardless of when the acquisition takes place.

     SECTION 13.  Where an agency is authorized to secure funds or other property from private organizations or individuals to be expended or utilized in connection with any authorized program, the agency, with the governor's approval, may enter into the undertaking; provided that the provisions of the undertaking comply with applicable state constitutional and statutory requirements; provided further that the governor shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

     SECTION 14.  Except as otherwise provided by general law, negotiations for the purchase of land by state agencies shall be subject to the approval of the governor and the department of land and natural resources or other appropriate agency; provided that private lands may be acquired for the purpose of exchange for federal lands when the department of land and natural resources and the governor determine that the acquisition and exchange are necessary for the completion of any project specifically authorized by this Act.

     SECTION 15.  With the approval of the governor, expending agencies that use appropriations authorized in part II of this Act for planning, land acquisition, design, construction, and equipment for repair and alterations may delegate that responsibility and transfer funds to public works – planning, design, and construction (AGS221) for the implementation of the repair and alterations when it is determined by the agencies that it is advantageous to do so; provided that the governor shall submit to the legislature a summary report of all uses of this authority for the previous twelve-month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027.

PART IV.  MISCELLANEOUS AND EFFECTIVE DATE

     SECTION 16.  If any portion of this Act or its application to any person, entity, or circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, the legislature declares that the remainder of the Act and each and every other provision thereof shall not be affected thereby.  If any portion of a specific appropriation is held to be invalid for any reason, the remaining portion shall be expended to fulfill the objective of that appropriation to the extent possible.

     SECTION 17.  If manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the governor may correct the errors.

     SECTION 18.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

Report Title:

Chapter 42F; Grants; Appropriations

Description:

Appropriates moneys for grants for fiscal year 2025-2026.  (Proposed SD1)

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     Section 1.  The purpose of this Act is to effectuate the title of this Act.

     SECTION 2.  The Hawaii Revised Statutes is amended to conform to the purpose of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Short Form; State Budget

Description:

Short form bill.

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 127

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2025

RE:    S.B. No. 933

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 933, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to facilitate funding for services provided by the nonprofit sector.

     Specifically, the measure:

     (1)  Appropriates moneys to award grants for fiscal year 2025‑2026; and

     (2)  Subjects recipient organizations to certain requirements, including legislative reporting requirements.

     Your Committee on Conference recognizes the potentially dire impact that the federal funding freeze imposed by the United States Office of Management and Budget may have on numerous nonprofit organizations in the State that provide critical assistance in health and human services.  Your Committee believes that state policymakers must take the initiative to avert such an impact by providing sufficient state funding to make up for any federal funding shortfalls.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by restructuring its contents and:

     (1)  Appropriating $50,000,000 to the Office of Community Services of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the award of grants in accordance with substantially all the requirements of Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for fiscal year 2025‑2026;

     (2)  Establishing an evaluation and selection committee to oversee the awarding of grants;

     (3)  Authorizing the Office of Community Services to contract the services of Aloha United Way, Inc., to assist with the administration and distribution of grant awards;

     (4)  Appropriating $140,000 to the Office of Community Services to carry out its responsibilities under this measure; and

     (5)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2025.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 933, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 933, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1945

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2025

RE:   S.B. No. 933

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 933, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to provide one-time nonrecurring grants to organizations that provide critical services in the public interest and for the public's health, safety, and general welfare, in accordance with chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office; Hawaiʻi Youth Services Network; Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management; Responsive Caregivers of Hawaii; Aloha United Way; Full Life; Haleakalā Conservancy; Neighborhood Place of Puna; Volunteer Legal Services Hawaiʻi; Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi; Child & Family Service; Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi True Cost Coalition; The Legal Clinic; Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute; Friends of Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Easterseals Hawaii; Hawaiʻi Community Foundation; Hawaiʻi Meals on Wheels; Parents and Children Together; and eight individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Judiciary; Spirit Horse Ranch, Inc.; Hawaiʻi State Rural Health Association; What Makes You Feel Beautiful; Hawaiʻi Foodbank; Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council; African American Diversity Cultural Center Hawaii; Goodwill Hawaii; Hawaiʻi State Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Donkey Mill Art Center; Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities; Hawaiʻi Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, including a sign-on letter from numerous community-based organizations; Hawaiʻi Farmers Union; Hawaiian Humane Society; The Institute for Human Services, Inc.; Kumukahi Health + Wellness; Kaʻala Farm Inc.; and five individuals.

     Your Committee finds that the federal funding freeze imposed by the United States Office of Management and Budget may have detrimental effects on Hawaii's nonprofit sector, which provides critical services in health and human services.  Without assistance from the federal government, Hawaii's federally qualified health centers as well as programs that provide child care, social services, subsidized housing, and homeless services will see a significant drop in funding.  Therefore, your Committee finds that the funds appropriated through this measure are necessary to ensure that crucial public services are maintained for the benefit of the State's residents.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 933, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 933, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 822

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 933

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 933, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide one-time nonrecurring grants to organizations that provide critical services, in accordance with chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Energy Office, Hawaii Primary Care Association, The Legal Clinic, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (HANO), Catholic Charities Hawaii, Parents and Children Together, Hawaii Community Foundation, Hawaii True Cost Coalition, and three individuals.

     Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands and one individual.

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Judiciary and one individual.

     Your Committee recognizes the potentially detrimental effects that the federal funding freeze imposed by the United States Office of Management and Budget may have on Hawaii's nonprofit sector, which provides critical services for health and human services.  Your Committee believes that this measure is an appropriate mechanism to ensure adequate funding for Hawaii's federally qualified health centers and other programs that provide child care, social services, subsidized housing, and homeless services.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting new parts into the measure to appropriate moneys to the Judiciary to provide grants for the purposes of this Act;

     (2)  Imposing certain requirements on recipient organizations, including a requirement that each organization receiving grant moneys submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2026; and

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 933, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 933, S.D. 2, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 548

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 933

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 933 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to effectuate the title of this measure.

     Prior to decision making on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which amends the measure by deleting its contents and inserting language to provide unspecified one-time nonrecurring grants to organizations that provide critical services, in accordance with Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 933, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 933, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,