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HB793 • 2026

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

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

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on the consequences for failing to notify within ten days or how this will impact current practices.

Notifying Leaders About Federal Money

This bill requires the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House to be notified in writing within ten days after receiving federal funds meant for state use.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House to receive written notice about any federal-aid moneys received by the State.
  • Sets a ten-day deadline from when federal-aid moneys are received until notification must be sent.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The President of the Senate
  • The Speaker of the House

Terms To Know

Federal-aid moneys
Money given by the U.S. government to help states with various projects or programs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if notification is not sent on time.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect current practices of notifying leaders about federal funds.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-01-21 H

    Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2

  3. 2025-01-21 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  4. 2025-01-17 H

    Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
Receipt of Federal Funds; Notification; House Speaker; Senate President
Requires the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House to be notified in writing upon the receipt of any federal-aid moneys for expenditure by the State within ten days following receipt.

Current Bill Text

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HB793

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

793

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO GOVERNMENT
.

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

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SECTION
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Section 29-14,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

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Boards, etc., may accept
funds, comply with federal acts.

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(a)

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Except as otherwise provided by law, any
board, commission, department, or officer of the State may accept and receive
on behalf of the State, and receipt for, any and all grants or allotments of
federal-aid moneys made available to the State by or pursuant to an act of
Congress, and enter into or make such plan, agreement, or other arrangement
with the agency designated by the act of Congress as is necessary to carry out
the purposes of the Act; provided that [
if
]
:

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(1)
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If
as a
condition to receiving the federal-aid moneys it is necessary to match all or
any part of the grant or allotment with state moneys no plan, agreement, or
arrangement may be entered into unless the board, commission, department, or
officer has under its or the officer's control moneys [
which
]
that

may be expended lawfully for the purpose[
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; and

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(2)
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The board,
commission, department, or officer of the State shall notify the president of
the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives in writing of the
receipt of any grant or allotment of federal-aid moneys no later than ten days
following receipt.

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(b)

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The governor may transfer funds from the
department of health to the department of human services and from the
department of human services to the department of labor and industrial
relations to obtain additional federal funds for medical assistance under Title
XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended, and the work incentive
program.
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The governor may also transfer
funds from one department to another for the purpose of obtaining federal
matching grants and allotments; provided that the state moneys have been
appropriated for the purpose for which federal grants and allotments may be
obtained."

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SECTION 2.
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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 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Receipt
of Federal Funds; Notification; House Speaker; Senate President

Description:

Requires the President of the Senate and Speaker of the
House to be notified in writing upon the receipt of any federal-aid moneys for
expenditure by the State within ten days following receipt.

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