SB382 • 2026

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor: MCKELVEY, AQUINO, CHANG, DECORTE, FEVELLA, KIM, Fukunaga, Kanuha, Richards
Last action: 2026-04-02
Official status: Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

What This Bill Does

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 any protest is resolved and the contract is executed.
Effective 7/1/3000.

Limits and Unknowns

This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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

HD1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: SB382 HD1 THE SENATE S.B.

SB382 HD1 THE SENATE S.B.
NO.
382 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 H.D.
1 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT .

Bill History

2026-04-02 S
Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
2026-04-01 H
House Conferee(s) discharged.
2026-03-20 H
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
2026-03-20 S
Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-04-25 S
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 1:00 PM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-24 S
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-23 S
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-22 S
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 9:00AM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-17 H
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 825).
2025-04-17 S
Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Chang Co-Chair; Moriwaki, Fevella.
2025-04-15 S
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).
2025-04-14 H
House Conferees Appointed: Takenouchi Chair; Holt, Reyes Oda.
2025-04-10 H
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).
2025-04-10 S
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
2025-04-10 S
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 644).
2025-04-08 H
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
2025-04-04 H
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2).
2025-04-04 H
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1943) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
2025-04-01 H
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
2025-03-28 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-01-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-06 H
Referred to FIN, referral sheet 19
2025-03-06 H
Pass First Reading
2025-03-04 H
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 147).
2025-03-04 S
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2025-02-28 S
One Day Notice 03-04-25.
2025-02-28 S
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 970) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-27 S
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2025-02-24 S
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2025-02-10 S
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
2025-02-10 S
Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 186) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
2025-01-30 S
The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
2025-01-28 S
The committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 01-30-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 225.
2025-01-24 S
The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2025-01-21 S
Referred to GVO, JDC.
2025-01-15 S
Introduced and passed First Reading.
2025-01-14 S
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 any protest is resolved and the contract is executed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

SB382

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

382

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to procurement
.

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

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

����
"
(h)
�
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.
�
Thereafter, the
procurement officer shall provide the non-selected offeror a prompt debriefing[
.
]
,
but shall not disclose any competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score,
except the summary of scores, until after any protest is resolved and the
contract is executed.
�
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."

����
SECTION 2.
�

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

����
SECTION 3.
�

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

����
SECTION 4.
�

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

_____________________________

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.
�
Authorizes
the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score after any
protest is resolved and the contract is executed.

The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.