CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 157

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2025

 

RE:    H.B. No. 400

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 400, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the operating and capital improvement costs of the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning on July 1, 2025, and ending on June 30, 2027.

 

     As introduced, this budget measure appropriated:

 

Operating

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

GENERAL FUNDS

203,319,009

203,391,600

ALL MEANS OF FINANCE

216,164,762

216,237,353

 

Capital Improvements

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

GENERAL FUNDS

0

0

GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS

9,900,000

0

ALL MEANS OF FINANCE

9,900,000

0

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting appropriate operating and capital improvement amounts for fiscal biennium 2025-2027;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2025; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     Specifically, this budget measure, as amended, appropriates operating totals of:

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

GENERAL FUNDS

201,725,676

199,579,345

ALL MEANS OF FINANCE

214,571,429

212,425,098

 

     Additionally, this budget measure, as amended, appropriates capital improvement totals of:

 

FY 2025-2026

FY 2026-2027

GENERAL FUNDS

0

0

GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS

12,900,000

0

ALL MEANS OF FINANCE

12,900,000

0

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 400, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 400, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 


 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

____________________________

KARL RHOADS

Chair

 

____________________________

DAVID A. TARNAS

Co-Chair

____________________________

SHARON MORIWAKI

Co-Chair

 

____________________________

KYLE T. YAMASHITA

Co-Chair