# Hawaii SB 3063: RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT.

Hawaii SB 3063, RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) Senate bill sponsored by Donovan M. Dela Cruz (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-05-01 (Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 4:00PM in conference room 229.) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 3063
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-28
- Last action: 2026-05-01, Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 4:00PM in conference room 229.
- Sponsor: Donovan M. Dela Cruz (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: DOE, Food, Local, Procurement, Exemption, EDN, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (157 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Exempts from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code procurements by the Department of Education of any amount of local edible produce and packaged food products that do not cost more than five per cent of non-local alternatives. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Donovan M. Dela Cruz (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stanley Chang (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Troy N. Hashimoto (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michelle N. Kidani (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Glenn Wakai (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-09 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-07 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-30 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN... | pass | 46 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | House | The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 24 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 12 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate | The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |

## Actions (39)

- 2026-05-01: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 4:00PM in conference room 229. (House)
- 2026-05-01: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 5:00PM in conference room 229. (House)
- 2026-04-30: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 1:30PM in conference room 229. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 1:37PM in conference room 229. (House)
- 2026-04-28: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 1:30PM in conference room 229. (House)
- 2026-04-27: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-26 1:35PM in conference room 229. (House)
- 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; Souza. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Kidani Co-Chair; DeCorte. (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 714). (House)
- 2026-04-10: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 527). (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 564). (House)
- 2026-04-09: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2013-26), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-04-09: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-04-07: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa. (House)
- 2026-04-02: The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26. (House)
- 2026-04-02: Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-31: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1510-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. (House)
- 2026-03-30: 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, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4). (House)
- 2026-03-24: The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett, Kila. (House)
- 2026-03-20: Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 03-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-10: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2026-03-10: Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 16 (House)
- 2026-03-06: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 101) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2026-03-05: Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2832) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: One Day Notice 03-06-26. (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-03-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 10:56AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2338) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Hashimoto. (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-26 1:05PM; CR 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-01-30: Referred to EDU, WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Introduced. (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Passed First Reading. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3063_HD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3063_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3063_.PDF)
- SB3063_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3063_HD1_.HTM)
- SB3063_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3063_SD1_.HTM)

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- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3063_HD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3063_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3063_.PDF)
- [SB3063_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3063_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB3063_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3063_SD1_.HTM)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026)
- [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026)
- [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2964-2026)
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