MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU.

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Sponsor: NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party)
Last action: 2026-02-20
Official status: 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) Quinlan excused (1).
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details about the expected outcomes or timelines for system upgrades.

Grant Money for Honolulu IT Upgrade

This bill provides $10 million in grant money to the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Information Technology to upgrade their driver's license and vehicle application systems, with a requirement that the city matches this amount.

What This Bill Does

Appropriates $10 million from state funds as a grant-in-aid for upgrading the driver’s license and motor vehicle application systems managed by the City and County of Honolulu.
Requires the city to match the grant with an equal amount of its own money.

Who It Names or Affects

The City and County of Honolulu's Department of Information Technology
Drivers and car owners in Honolulu who use these services

Terms To Know

Grant-in-Aid: Money given by the state to help a city with specific projects.
Mainframe: A large, powerful computer used for handling many tasks at once.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how long it will take to complete the upgrades.
It is unclear what happens if the city cannot match the grant with its own money.

Amendments

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

HD1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment provides funding from the state's general revenues to help the City and County of Honolulu upgrade its outdated driver's license and motor vehicle application systems, with a requirement that Honolulu also provide matching funds.

Provides an appropriation from the state’s general revenues for fiscal year 2026-2027 to support upgrades to the city and county of Honolulu's driver's license and motor vehicle application systems.
Requires the city and county of Honolulu to match the state funding on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

The exact amount of funds appropriated is not specified in the amendment text provided.

Bill History

2026-02-20 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) Quinlan excused (1).
2026-02-20 H
Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 659-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2026-02-19 H
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) La Chica; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2026-02-13 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-01-28 H
Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 3
2026-01-26 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2026-01-23 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU.
City and County of Honolulu Mayor's Package; Department of Information Technology; DMV systems; Grant-in-Aid; Appropriation ($)
Appropriates moneys as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Information Technology to upgrade the driver's license and motor vehicle application systems, subject to a dollar-for-dollar match. (HD1)

Current Bill Text

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HB2057

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2057

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

MAKING AN
APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF HONOLULU
.

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 the State
of Hawaii is unique among all other states in the nation for having driver's
license and motor vehicle application systems managed and operated by a county
within the state instead of having a state managed and operated application
system.
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This arrangement has its roots
in the earliest days of statehood and the unique make-up of the four counties
of the State.

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The
legislature further finds that the application system currently being managed and
operated by the city and county of Honolulu was developed in the 1970's and
operates on a system of code that has become increasingly antiquated and that
hinders further development and maintenance of this system due to its outdated
technology.
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Furthermore, the current
application system is operated on a mainframe hosted in the city and county
that itself is becoming increasingly outdated.

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The
legislature finds that the upgrade of the existing application system will
increase efficiency of operations, enable easier access to these systems by the
departments of motor vehicles and law enforcement which access this
information, and will reduce maintenance costs by switching from a physical
mainframe maintained by the city and county of Honolulu to a cloud-based
service.

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Accordingly,
the purpose of this Act is to provide a grant‑in-aid to the department of
information technology of the city and county of Honolulu for the upgrade of
this vital system.

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SECTION 2.
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There is appropriated out of the general
revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $10,000,000 or so much thereof as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 as a grant-in-aid to the department
of information technology of the city and county of Honolulu for the
implementation of upgrades to the driver's license and motor vehicle
application systems.

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The sum
appropriated shall be expended by the department of information technology of
the city and county of Honolulu for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION
3.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1,
2026.

INTRODUCED BY:

_____________________________

By Request

Report Title:

City and
County of Honolulu Mayor's Package; Department of Information Technology; DMV
systems; Grant-in-Aid; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates
moneys as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu's Department of
Information Technology to upgrade the driver's license and motor vehicle application
systems.

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