RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

SB2187

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2187

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating
to the department of business, economic development, and tourism
.

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

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SECTION 1.
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The purpose of
this Act is to rename the department of business, economic development, and
tourism as the department of housing, economic development, and tourism to
clarify that the department's duties include the development of
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housing in the State and to emphasize that
the department shall place greater weight on its housing policy.

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SECTION
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Section 26-52, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:

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�26-52
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Department heads and executive officers.
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The salaries of the following state officers shall be
as follows:

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(1)
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The salary of the superintendent of education shall be
set by the board of education.
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The
superintendent shall be subject to an annual performance evaluation that is in
alignment with other employee evaluations within the department of education
and are based on outcomes determined by the board of education; provided that
nothing shall prohibit the board of education from conditioning a portion of
the salary on performance;

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(2)
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The
salary of the president of the university of Hawaii shall be set by the board
of regents;

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(3)
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Effective July 1, 2004, the salaries of
all department heads or executive officers of the departments of accounting and
general services; agriculture and biosecurity;
the
attorney general;
budget and finance; [
business, economic development, and tourism;
]
commerce and consumer affairs; corrections and rehabilitation; Hawaiian home
lands; health;
housing, economic development, and tourism;
human
resources development; human services; labor and industrial relations; land and
natural resources; law enforcement; taxation; and transportation shall be as
last recommended by the executive salary commission.
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Effective July 1, 2007, and every six years
thereafter, the salaries shall be as last recommended by the commission on
salaries pursuant to section 26‑
56, unless rejected by
the
legislature; and

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(4)
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The
salary of the adjutant general shall be $85,302 a year.
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Effective July 1, 2007, and every six years
thereafter, the salary of the adjutant general shall be as last recommended by
the commission on salaries pursuant to section 26-56, unless rejected by the
legislature, except that if the state salary is in conflict with the pay and
allowance fixed by the tables of the regular Army or Air Force of the United States,
the latter shall prevail.
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SECTION
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Section 26-56, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

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"(b)
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The commission shall review and recommend an appropriate salary for the
governor, lieutenant governor, members of the legislature, justices and judges
of all state courts, administrative director of the State or an equivalent
position, and department heads or executive officers and the deputies or
assistants to the department heads of the departments of:

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(1)
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Accounting and general services;

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(2)
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Agriculture and biosecurity;

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(3)
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The attorney general;

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(4)
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Budget and finance;

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(5)
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[
Business, economic development, and
tourism;

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(6)
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Commerce and consumer affairs;

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[
(7)
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(6)
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Corrections and rehabilitation;

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[
(8)
]

(7)
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Defense;

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[
(9)
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(8)
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Hawaiian home lands;

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[
(10)
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(9)
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Health;

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(10)
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Housing,
economic development, and tourism;

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(11)
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Human resources development;

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(12)
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Human services;

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(13)
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Labor and industrial relations;

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(14)
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Land and natural resources;

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(15)
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Law enforcement;

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(16)
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Taxation; and

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(
17)
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Transportation.

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The
commission shall not review the salary of any position in the department of
education or the
University

of
Hawaii
.

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The
commission may recommend different salaries for department heads and executive
officers and different salary ranges for deputies or assistants to department
heads; provided that the commission shall recommend the same salary range for
deputies or assistants to department heads within the same department; provided
further that the appointing official shall specify the salary for a particular
position within the applicable range.

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The
commission shall not recommend salaries lower than salary amounts recommended
by prior commissions replaced by this section."

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SECTION
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Section 194-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

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"(b)
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The council shall be placed within the department of land and natural
resources for administrative purposes only and shall be composed of:

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(1)
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The
president of the
University

of
Hawaii
, or the
president's designated representative;

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(2)
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The
director, or the director's designated representative, of each of the following
departments:

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(A)
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[
Business,
economic development, and tourism;

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(B)
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Health; [
and
]

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(B)
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Housing, economic development, and tourism; and

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(C)
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Transportation;
and

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(3)
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The
chairperson, or the chairperson's designated representative, of each of the
following departments:

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(A)
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Agriculture
and biosecurity; and

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(B)
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Land
and natural resources."

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SECTION 5.
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Chapter 201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending its title
to read as follows:

"
CHAPTER 201

DEPARTMENT
OF [
BUSINESS,
]
HOUSING,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM
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SECTION 6.
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(a)
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Sections 10-18, 23-12, 26-4,
26-18, 27-7, 48-1, 48-2, 48-3, 48-4, 48-6, 76-16, 103D-903, 107-22, 109-1,
121-19, 125C-2, 125C-31, 132D-6, 141-3.5, 163D-3, 163D-42, 171-42, 171-95.3,
174C-5, 189-21, 189-42, 196-1, 196-10, 196-10.5, 196-41, 196-61, 196-71, 201-1,
201-2, 201-2.5, 201-3, 201-3.5, 201-4, 201-6, 201-7, 201-8, 201-9, 201-10,
201-11, 201-12.8, 201-13, 201-16, 201-17, 201-18, 201-61, 201-81, 201-84, 201-101.5,
201-111, 201B-2, 201B-7.5, 201C-1, 201C-2, 201H-2, 201M-5, 202-10, 205-1,
205-3.1, 205A-62, 206E-3, 206E-32, 206E-34, 206E-221, 206E-225, 206E-244,
206M-2, 206M-3, 206R-1, 206R-2, 206S-1, 206S-2, 209E-2, 210-1, 210-6, 210-7,
210-8, 210D-2, 210D-5, 211D-1, 211E-1, 211E-3, 212-5.5, 212-10, 213-1, 225M-1,
225M-2, 226-63, 227D-2, 229-2, 235-17, 235-110.91, 269-45, 269-161, 302A-1314,
304A-1892, 342G-47, 342G-48, 342G-63, 342G-64, 371-17, 383-128, 394-9, 437-1.1,
445-112, 474-4, 486B-1.5, 486H-13, 486J-1, 486J-6, 486J-7, 486J-21, and
514D-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, are amended by substituting the phrase
"department of housing, economic development, and tourism", or
similar term, wherever the phrase "department of business, economic
development, and tourism", or similar term, appears, as the context
requires.

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(b)
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Sections 26-16, 26-18, 27-44, 84-18, 109-1, 125C-32, 128E-2, 163D-3,
163D-42, 189-21, 189-42, 196-6.5, 196-61, 201-4, 201-5, 201-11, 201-101.5,
201-102, 201-103, 201-104, 201-115, 201B-13, 201C-4, 201H-2, 201H-3, 201M-5,
202-1, 206E-3, 206J-4, 206M-2, 206S-4, 209-1, 209-26, 209-27, 209-29, 209-31,
209-32, 209-33, 209-34, 209E-2, 210-1, 210-2, 210-4, 210-6, 210D-5, 210D-10,
211E-4, 213-2, 225M-1, 225M-2, 225M-3, 225M-4, 225P-3, 227D-2, 279A-4,
302A-1314, 304A-3353, 346-381.5, 346-382, and 486J-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
are amended by substituting the phrase "director of housing, economic
development, and tourism", or similar term, wherever the phrase
"director of business, economic development, and tourism", or similar
term, appears, as the context requires.

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SECTION 7.
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(a)
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The revisor of statutes shall
substitute the phrase "department of housing, economic development, and
tourism", or similar term, wherever the phrase "department of
business, economic development, and tourism", or similar term, appears in
any Acts of the Sessions Laws of Hawaii 2026, as the context requires.

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(b)
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The revisor of statutes shall substitute the phrase "director of
housing, economic development, and tourism", or similar term, wherever the
phrase "director of business, economic development, and tourism", or
similar term, appears in any Acts of the Sessions Laws of Hawaii 2026, as the
context requires.

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SECTION 8.
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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 9.
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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 10.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

INTRODUCED
BY:

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Report Title:

DBEDT;
Department Name; Rename; Housing

Description:

Renames
the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism as the Department
of Housing, Economic Development, and Tourism.
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Effective 7/1/2050.

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