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HB1330 • 2026

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

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Sponsor
BELATTI
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details about the amount of funding or exact completion date for the new correctional center.

Replacing and Relocating the Oahu Community Correctional Center

This bill allows the government to issue bonds and use money from those bonds to replace and move the Oahu Community Correctional Center.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for replacing and relocating the Oahu Community Correctional Center.
  • Appropriates funds through these bonds for fiscal year 2025-2026 for critical capital improvements related to the new correctional center.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Accounting and General Services
  • People involved in planning and building the Oahu Community Correctional Center

Terms To Know

General Obligation Bonds
Bonds that are backed by the full faith and credit of a government entity, such as a state or city.
Department of Accounting and General Services
A department within the government responsible for financial management and general services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be raised through the bonds.
  • It is unclear when exactly the new Oahu Community Correctional Center will be completed.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HD1

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Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment allows the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund the replacement and relocation of the Oahu Community Correctional Center.

  • Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds for fiscal year 2025-2026 to support critical capital improvements needed for relocating and replacing the Oahu Community Correctional Center.
  • Specifies that funds will be used by the Department of Accounting and General Services for this project.
  • Ensures that any unspent money from the appropriation as of June 30, 2028, will lapse.
  • The amendment specifies an effective date of July 1, 3000, which seems unusual and may be a typographical error or placeholder.
  • Details on the exact amount of bonds to be issued are not provided in the text.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-02-14 H

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

  3. 2025-02-14 H

    Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 773) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  4. 2025-02-05 H

    The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Lamosao, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Morikawa, Woodson.

  5. 2025-02-03 H

    Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 02-05-25 8:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2025-01-30 H

    Re-referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 8

  7. 2025-01-27 H

    Referred to HLT/CPC, FIN, referral sheet 4

  8. 2025-01-23 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
OCCC; DAGS; CIP; GO Bond; Replacement; Relocation; Appropriation ($)
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys to the Department of Accounting and General Services for the replacement and relocation of the Oahu Community Correctional Center. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Current Bill Text

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HB1330

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1330

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating
to Correctional Facilities
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The legislature finds that there is an urgent
need for the replacement and relocation of the current Oahu community
correctional center.
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In 2020, the
Honolulu city council approved a plan review use permit to move forward with
the planning effort at the Halawa animal quarantine station site as the home of
the new Oahu community correctional center.
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The legislature notes that the department of accounting and general
services has completed the inmate population projection, updated the
architectural space program, and request for interest, and is now at the point of
developing and issuing the request for qualification.

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Accordingly,
the purpose of this Act is to provide additional funding needed for the
replacement and relocation of the Oahu community correctional center.

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SECTION
2.
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The director of finance is authorized
to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $
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or so much thereof as may be
necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is
appropriated for fiscal year 2025-2026 for the purpose of making critical
capital improvements for the replacement and relocation of the Oahu community
correctional center.

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The sum
appropriated shall be expended by the department of accounting and general
services for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION
3.
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The appropriation made for the
capital improvement project authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end
of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all
moneys from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2028, shall lapse as
of that date.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

OCCC;
DAGS; CIP; GO Bond; Replacement; Relocation; Appropriation

Description:

Authorizes
the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys to the
Department of Accounting and General Services for the replacement and
relocation of the Oahu Community Correctional Center.

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