# Hawaii SB 88: RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD. Hawaii SB 88, RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-06 (Act 181, 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB88-2025 - 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 88 - State: Hawaii - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) - Title: RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-06-06, Act 181, 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). - Sponsor: Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 11 - Subjects: National Guard, Insurance, TRICARE, Department of Defense, Dental, Vision, PBS, FIN - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 12 (249 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary Authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE, TRICARE Dental Program, and vision coverage to all officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than 30 days. (CD1) ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More pay and health help for Guard: benefit, medium. Hawaii aligns pay and allowances for Guard members on state active duty with federal military rates for similar ranks. Members can have pay deposited directly into a personal bank account. Members activated for more than 30 days who lack other health insurance receive an allowance for their own TRI… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: AQUINO - Cosponsor: Stanley Chang (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kurt Fevella (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Carol Fukunaga (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Gabbard (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Troy N. Hashimoto (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Dru Mamo Kanuha (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Angus L.K. McKelvey (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sharon Y. Moriwaki (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Joy A. San Buenaventura (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Glenn Wakai (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-30 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 | | | 2025-04-21 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-04-21 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 | | | 2025-03-28 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | House | Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting a... | pass | 49 | 0 | | | 2025-03-12 | House | The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-01-24 | Senate | The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 5 | 0 | | ## Actions (49) - 2025-06-06: Act 181, 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). (Senate) - 2025-06-06: Act 181, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). (House) - 2025-05-02: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). (House) - 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (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) - 2025-04-24: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 12). (Senate) - 2025-04-24: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25. (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 12) as amended in (CD 1). (House) - 2025-04-24: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. (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: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Kanuha, Wakai, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Lamosao, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House) - 2025-04-17: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-21-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 016. (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-17-25 2:00PM; Conference Room 016. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Senate Conferees Appointed: Elefante Chair; Kanuha, Keohokalole Co-Chairs; Wakai, DeCorte. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789). (House) - 2025-04-15: Senate Conferees Changed: Senator Fukunaga added as Co-Chair. Senator Keohokalole discharged as Co-Chair. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 791). (House) - 2025-04-14: House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Iwamoto, Morikawa, Souza. (House) - 2025-04-10: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 627). (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). (House) - 2025-04-08: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. (House) - 2025-04-04: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1983) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House) - 2025-04-04: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25. (House) - 2025-03-28: 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; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward. (House) - 2025-03-25: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-03-18: Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1286), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. (House) - 2025-03-18: Passed Second Reading 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). (House) - 2025-03-12: The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Woodson. (House) - 2025-03-06: Pass First Reading (House) - 2025-03-06: Referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 19 (House) - 2025-03-06: Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-03-04: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 79). (House) - 2025-02-28: Reported from WAM/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 869) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. (Senate) - 2025-02-28: One Day Notice 03-04-25. (Senate) - 2025-02-26: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino, Fevella. (Senate) - 2025-02-26: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2025-02-20: The committee(s) on WAM/CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 31) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM/CPN. (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM/CPN. (Senate) - 2025-01-24: The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2025-01-21: The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-24-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Referred to PSM, WAM/CPN. (Senate) - 2025-01-15: Introduced and passed First Reading. (Senate) - 2025-01-08: Pending Introduction. (Senate) ## Bill text - Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB88_CD1_.pdf) - Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB88_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1281_.PDF) - SB88_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB88_CD1_.HTM) - SB88_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB88_HD1_.HTM) ## Related bills - HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed) - HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed) - SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed) - HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed) - HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed) - SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed) ## Sources - [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB88_CD1_.pdf) - [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB88_.HTM) - [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1281_.PDF) - [SB88_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB88_CD1_.HTM) - [SB88_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB88_HD1_.HTM) ## Related - [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025) - [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025) - [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025) - [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025) - [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) - [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-SB88-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).