# Hawaii SCR 40: REQUESTING THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO INCREASE ITS FOCUS ON ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND CYBERSECURITY TO ALLOW LOCAL MANUFACTURERS TO EXPAND PRODUCTION, LOWER COSTS, AND CREATE NEW PRODUCTS.

Hawaii SCR 40, REQUESTING THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO INCREASE ITS FOCUS ON ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND CYBERSECURITY TO ALLOW LOCAL MANUFACTURERS TO EXPAND PRODUCTION, LOWER COSTS, AND CREATE NEW PRODUCTS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Lynn DeCoite (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2025-04-16 (Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 735).) (as of 2026-10-28).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SCR 40
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: REQUESTING THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO INCREASE ITS FOCUS ON ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND CYBERSECURITY TO ALLOW LOCAL MANUFACTURERS TO EXPAND PRODUCTION, LOWER COSTS, AND CREATE NEW PRODUCTS.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Last action: 2025-04-16, Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 735).
- Sponsor: Lynn DeCoite (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, Advanced Manufacturing, Cybersecurity, ECD
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (8 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: Lynn DeCoite (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-11 | House | The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2025-04-16: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 735). (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Resolution adopted in final form. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2112), recommending adoption. (House)
- 2025-04-15: Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). (House)
- 2025-04-15: Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-11: The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Templo, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Matsumoto. (House)
- 2025-04-08: Resolution scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 04-11-25 10:00AM in conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Referred to ECD, referral sheet 28 (House)
- 2025-04-02: Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 450). (House)
- 2025-04-01: Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1444) with recommendation of adoption. (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: One Day Notice 04-02-25. (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Awa. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Referred to EDT. (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Offered. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR40_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR40_.pdf)

## 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
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR40_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR40_.pdf)

## 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-SCR40-2025 (as of 2026-10-28).