HawaiiSB 29192025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)Senate

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER.

Sponsored By: Karl Rhoads (Democratic)

Passed

Summary

Appropriates funds to the Office of the Public Defender for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) Deputy Public Defender III position. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Office of the Public DefenderPositionAppropriationJHA, FIN

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Karl Rhoads

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 157 • No: 5

House vote 4/14/2026

House Floor Vote

Yes: 47 • No: 3

House vote 4/7/2026

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ...

Yes: 15 • No: 0

House vote 3/25/2026

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN...

Yes: 48 • No: 1

House vote 3/19/2026

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ...

Yes: 7 • No: 1

Senate vote 2/25/2026

Senate Floor Vote

Yes: 24 • No: 0

Senate vote 2/19/2026

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT...

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Senate vote 2/10/2026

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The...

Yes: 5 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

    4/24/2026House
  2. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-26 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.

    4/23/2026Senate
  3. Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-26 2:35PM; Conference Room 325.

    4/22/2026Senate
  4. Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Elefante Co-Chair; Awa.

    4/21/2026Senate
  5. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718).

    4/21/2026House
  6. House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kusch Co-Chairs; Poepoe, Garcia.

    4/20/2026House
  7. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    4/20/2026Senate
  8. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 714).

    4/16/2026Senate
  9. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    4/16/2026Senate
  10. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    4/16/2026House
  11. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    4/14/2026House
  12. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2073-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

    4/10/2026House
  13. Deferred one day 04-14-26.

    4/10/2026House
  14. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.

    4/7/2026House
  15. The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26.

    4/2/2026House
  16. Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

    4/2/2026House
  17. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

    3/31/2026House
  18. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1416-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

    3/25/2026House
  19. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Matsumoto, Perruso excused (2).

    3/25/2026House
  20. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Cochran, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Sayama.

    3/19/2026House
  21. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-19-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

    3/17/2026House
  22. Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 15

    3/10/2026House
  23. Pass First Reading

    3/5/2026House
  24. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Kidani). Transmitted to House.

    2/25/2026Senate
  25. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 18) in amended form (SD 1).

    2/25/2026House

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