# Hawaii SB 657: RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT. Hawaii SB 657, RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Mike Gabbard (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2025-04-23 (Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 3:00PM in conference room 229.) (as of 2026-10-27). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB657-2025 - As of: 2026-10-27 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Hawaii SB 657 - State: Hawaii - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) - Title: RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT. - Status: passed house - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-17 - Last action: 2025-04-23, Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 3:00PM in conference room 229. - Sponsor: Mike Gabbard (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: SOEST, Center for Climate Resilient Development, Establishment, Climate Change, Appropriation, HED, WAL, FIN - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Appropriates funds for the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology within the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish and operate a Center for Climate Resilient Development. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Mike Gabbard (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Stanley Chang (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Angus L.K. McKelvey (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sharon Y. Moriwaki (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Karl Rhoads (Democratic), Senate ## Actions (41) - 2025-04-23: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 3:00PM in conference room 229. (House) - 2025-04-21: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754). (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 3:00PM in conference room 229. (House) - 2025-04-17: Re-referred to HED, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 33 (House) - 2025-04-17: House Conferees Appointed: Garrett, Hashem, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Souza. (House) - 2025-04-17: Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Gabbard, Hashimoto Co-Chairs; Fevella. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 825). (House) - 2025-04-17: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 3:45PM in conference room 229. (House) - 2025-04-04: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 469). (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590). (House) - 2025-04-03: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1923), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House) - 2025-04-03: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. (House) - 2025-03-27: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Alcos, Ward. (House) - 2025-03-24: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-03-21: Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1414), recommending referral to FIN. (House) - 2025-03-21: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Muraoka, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5). (House) - 2025-03-19: The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Woodson. (House) - 2025-03-14: Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1263) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED. (House) - 2025-03-14: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4). (House) - 2025-03-14: Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 03-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-03-11: The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson. (House) - 2025-03-07: Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-03-06: Pass First Reading (House) - 2025-03-06: Referred to WAL, HED, FIN, referral sheet 19 (House) - 2025-03-04: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 181) in amended form (SD 1). (House) - 2025-02-28: Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 942) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. (Senate) - 2025-02-28: One Day Notice 03-04-25. (Senate) - 2025-02-27: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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) - 2025-02-21: The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Reported from HRE/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 232) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. (Senate) - 2025-02-04: The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Fukunaga, Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2025-02-03: The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite. (Senate) - 2025-01-31: The committee(s) on HRE deferred the measure until 02-04-25 3:45PM; CR 229. (Senate) - 2025-01-31: The committee(s) on AEN deferred the measure until 02-03-25 1:06PM; CR 224. (Senate) - 2025-01-28: The committee(s) on HRE/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 1:50PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Referred to HRE/AEN, WAM. (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Introduced. (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Passed First Reading. (Senate) ## Bill text - Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB657_HD1_.pdf) - Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB657_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB657_.PDF) - SB657_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB657_HD1_.HTM) - SB657_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB657_SD1_.HTM) ## Related bills - HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed) - HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed) - SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed) - SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE. (signed) - SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. (signed) - HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING. (signed) ## Sources - [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB657_HD1_.pdf) - [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB657_.HTM) - [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB657_.PDF) - [SB657_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB657_HD1_.HTM) - [SB657_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB657_SD1_.HTM) ## Related - [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) - [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) - [SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB935-2025) - [HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB703-2025) - [Hawaii bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii/bills) - [Hawaii state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB657-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).