# Hawaii HB 400: RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Hawaii HB 400, RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) House bill sponsored by Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-26 (Act 227, 06/26/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 400
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-16
- Last action: 2025-06-26, Act 227, 06/26/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329).
- Sponsor: Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Judiciary Package, Appropriations, Budget, JDC, WAM
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 10 (213 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

Appropriates funds for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2025 and ending 6/30/2027. (CD1)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Funding supports Hawaii court services: benefit, medium. For fiscal years 2025–26 and 2026–27, the law funds the state’s appellate courts and First, Second, Third, and Fifth Circuit courts. First Circuit courts receive $98.1 million in general funds and $4.3 million in special funds each year. The other annual general-fund amounts are $9.6 million for ap…
- Salary funds support Judiciary employees: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2025–26, the law sets aside $2,218,922, or as much as needed, for Judiciary employee salary adjustments recommended by the Hawaii Commission on Salaries. The chief justice may transfer money between programs to carry out the adjustments. The law does not set the amount of any indivi…
- Bond funds pay for court facility projects: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law provides up to $12.9 million in bond funds for Judiciary facility projects. This includes $900,000 for a Kauai Judiciary Complex chiller replacement, $8 million for statewide facility improvements, and $4 million for plans and design for a new South Kohala District C…
- Funding supports Judiciary administration: benefit, low. For fiscal years 2025–26 and 2026–27, the law funds Judiciary Administration with $39.7 million in general funds in 2025–26 and $37.4 million in 2026–27. It also provides $8.2 million in special funds and $343,261 in revolving funds each year. The law authorizes 234.50 permanent and 8.48 temporary…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 2 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-31 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 13 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 46 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-05 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-10 | House | Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting a... | pass | 47 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-30 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (47)

- 2025-06-26: Act 227, 06/26/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329). (Senate)
- 2025-06-26: Act 227, on 06/26/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329). (House)
- 2025-05-02: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). (House)
- 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor. (House)
- 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: 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). (House)
- 2025-04-25: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 157) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-25: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. (House)
- 2025-04-25: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 157). (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday, 04-21-25 at 5:10PM in Conference Room 309. (House)
- 2025-04-21: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Yamashita, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-04-21: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-21-25 2:05PM in conference room 325. (House)
- 2025-04-16: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-17-25 3:46PM in conference room 325. (House)
- 2025-04-15: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Moriwaki Co-Chair; Awa. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 790). (House)
- 2025-04-14: House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Poepoe, Takenouchi, Garcia. (House)
- 2025-04-11: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). (House)
- 2025-04-08: 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. (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 628) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2025-04-04: Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1841) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25. (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: 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, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-31-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1253) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang. (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 382). (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Referred to JDC, WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Holt, Sayama, Ward excused (5). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-03-10: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1171) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-03-10: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 03-12-25. (House)
- 2025-03-05: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward. (House)
- 2025-03-03: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-05-25 9:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-02-10: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 286), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. (House)
- 2025-02-10: Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). (House)
- 2025-01-30: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem, Todd. (House)
- 2025-01-24: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 01-30-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-01-21: Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1 (House)
- 2025-01-17: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2025-01-16: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_CD1_.pdf)
- HB400_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_CD1_.HTM)
- HB400_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_HD1_.HTM)
- HB400_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_SD1_.HTM)
- HB400_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_SD2_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1329_.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed)
- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)
- HB 613: RELATING TO HOMELESS YOUTH. (signed)
- SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)
- SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_CD1_.pdf)
- [HB400_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_CD1_.HTM)
- [HB400_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB400_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_SD1_.HTM)
- [HB400_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_SD2_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB400_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1329_.PDF)

## Related
- [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025)
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
- [HB 613: RELATING TO HOMELESS YOUTH.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB613-2025)
- [SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1044-2025)
- [SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1231-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB400-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).