# Hawaii SCR 138: REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC STRATEGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Hawaii SCR 138, REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC STRATEGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Donovan M. Dela Cruz (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2025-04-21 (Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 779).) (as of 2026-10-28).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SCR 138
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC STRATEGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-07
- Last action: 2025-04-21, Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 779).
- Sponsor: Donovan M. Dela Cruz (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: University of Hawaii, Office of Vice President for Academic Strategy, Hawaii P-20, Audit, HED, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (24 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Donovan M. Dela Cruz (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: AQUINO
- Cosponsor: Michelle N. Kidani (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Herbert M. "Tim" Richards III (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joy A. San Buenaventura (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-16 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-09 | House | The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2025-04-21: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 779). (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 846). (House)
- 2025-04-17: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2129), recommending adoption. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Garrett, Ichiyama, Perruso, Quinlan excused (7). (House)
- 2025-04-17: Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-16: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-16-25 2:00PM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-11: Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2045) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN. (House)
- 2025-04-11: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Matayoshi excused (3). (House)
- 2025-04-09: The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Amato, Evslin, Woodson, Souza. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 28 (House)
- 2025-04-04: Resolution scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 04-09-25 2:00PM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-31: Resolution Adopted as amended (SD1). Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Rhoads. Noes, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 418) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2025-03-28: Waived referral to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: One Day Notice 03-31-25 (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1351), as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of referral to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Referred to HRE, WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Offered. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR138_HD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR138_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR138_.PDF)
- SCR138_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR138_HD1_.HTM)
- SCR138_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR138_SD1_.HTM)

## Related bills

- SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR138_HD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR138_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR138_.PDF)
- [SCR138_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR138_HD1_.HTM)
- [SCR138_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR138_SD1_.HTM)

## Related
- [SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB572-2025)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SCR138-2025 (as of 2026-10-28).