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Senate Ways and Means advances a slate of House bills; committee adopts amendments on several measures
Summary
The Senate Committee on Ways and Means voted to advance a batch of House bills—many passed unamended while several were approved with committee amendments. The committee also renamed and restructured a transit‑oriented development program in response to Attorney General input.
The Senate Committee on Ways and Means advanced multiple House bills in a single session, voting to pass several measures either unamended or with committee amendments and to defer at least one item. Most items were routine committee dispositions; a few carried substantive amendments affecting program structure or appropriations.
Highlights
- HB159, HB244, HB280, HB316 and HB716: Committee recommended passage unamended and reported the measures to the floor.
- HB455: Passed with amendments that removed creation of a standalone Hawaii Startup Business Loan Program and instead amended appropriations to allow DBEDT to contract for startup financing and support. The amendment also disqualified businesses previously eligible for the community‑based economic development loan program from the startup program.
- HB504: Passed with amendments inserting a new…
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