Hawaii House Bill 934
Session 2025
Relating To The Hawaii Broadband And Digital Equity Office.
Became Law
Became Law on Jun 9, 2025
Sponsors
23 Sponsors
First Action
Jan 21, 2025
Latest Action
Jun 9, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
934
State
Hawaii
Session
2025
Motion Text
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.
House Roll Call Votes
Summary
Transfers the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Department of Accounting and General Services. Renames the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office to Broadband Office. Repeals broadband duties assigned to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Repeals the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council. Transfers the duty of collecting and posting certain broadband infrastructure notices to the Broadband Office. Establishes the Broadband Revolving Fund. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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06/09/2025
Senate
Act 201, 06/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302).
06/09/2025
House
Act 201, on 06/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302).
05/02/2025
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).
05/01/2025
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).
05/01/2025
House
Transmitted to Governor.
04/30/2025
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
04/30/2025
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2).
04/25/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 11:40 AM; Conference Room 411.
04/25/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:00 PM; Conference Room 411.
04/25/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:40 PM; Conference Room 411.
04/25/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:46 PM; Conference Room 225.
04/25/2025
Senate
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim.
04/25/2025
House
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
04/25/2025
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 222) as amended in (CD 1).
04/25/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
04/25/2025
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 222).
04/25/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
04/24/2025
House
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 10:00AM in conference room 411.
04/22/2025
House
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 10:00AM in conference room 411.
04/21/2025
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755).
04/17/2025
House
House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
04/17/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Kim, Awa.
04/17/2025
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 828).
04/11/2025
Senate
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).
04/10/2025
House
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
04/08/2025
Senate
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.
04/08/2025
House
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 690) in amended form (SD 2).
04/04/2025
Senate
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1752) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
04/04/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
04/01/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.
03/27/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
03/18/2025
Senate
Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1126) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
03/18/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
03/11/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
03/06/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
03/04/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 130).
03/04/2025
Senate
Passed First Reading.
03/04/2025
Senate
Referred to EDT, WAM.
02/28/2025
House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 987), recommending passage on Third Reading.
02/28/2025
House
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
02/24/2025
House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
02/21/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
02/11/2025
House
Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 329) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
02/11/2025
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
02/05/2025
House
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
01/29/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 02-05-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
01/23/2025
House
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
01/23/2025
House
Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 3
01/21/2025
House
Pending introduction.
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Jan 22, 2025 5:49:12 AM
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Jul 18, 2025 10:10:44 AM