HB2248 • 2026

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

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Sponsor: NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party)
Last action: 2026-01-30
Official status: Referred to FIN, referral sheet 5
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify when the bill will take effect, leaving this detail uncertain.

Rules for Procurement in Hawaii

This bill changes how procurement officers handle information about competing proposals during debriefings after a contract award.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits procurement officers from disclosing other offerors' proposals or evaluation scores, except summary scores, during debriefings requested by non-selected offerors until the protest is resolved and the contract is executed.

Who It Names or Affects

Procurement officers in Hawaii
Non-selected offerors who request debriefings

Terms To Know

debriefing: A meeting where a procurement officer explains why an offeror was not chosen for a contract.
offeror: Someone who submits a proposal to win a contract.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not affect rights and duties that existed before the bill becomes law.
The exact date when this bill will take effect is not specified yet.

Bill History

2026-01-30 H
Referred to FIN, referral sheet 5
2026-01-28 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2026-01-26 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Hawaii Public Procurement Code; Protest; Debriefing; Disclosure of Competing Proposals
Prohibits a procurement officer from disclosing a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score, except the summary of scores, during a debriefing requested by a non-selected offeror. Authorizes the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score after a protest is resolved and the contract is executed.

Current Bill Text

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HB2248

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2248

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

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

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SECTION 1.
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Section
103D-303, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (h) to
read as follows:

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"(h)
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In cases of awards made under this section, non-selected offerors may
submit a written request for debriefing to the procurement officer within three
working days after the posting of the award of the contract.
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Thereafter, the procurement officer shall
provide the non-selected offeror a prompt debriefing[
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, but shall
not disclose any competing offeror's proposal or evaluation scores, except the
summary of scores, until after any protest is resolved and the contract is
executed.
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Any protest by the non-selected
offeror pursuant to section 103D-701 following debriefing shall be filed in
writing with the procurement officer within five working days after the date
upon which the debriefing is completed."

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SECTION 2.
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This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that
were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Hawaii Public Procurement Code; Protest; Debriefing;
Disclosure of Competing Proposals

Description:

Prohibits a
procurement officer from disclosing a competing offeror's proposal or
evaluation score, except the summary of scores, during a debriefing requested
by a non-selected offeror.
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Authorizes
the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score after a
protest is resolved and the contract is executed.

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