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HB1414HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Procurement.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Authorizes the head of a procurement agency to award a contract to a bidder who is not the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, for procurements conducted by competitive sealed bidding, if the head of the procuring agency determines that the award is most beneficial to taxpayers or otherwise in the best interests of the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Legislative path

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  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by FIN

Companion measure: HB1414. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. House FIN committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    15 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    46 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 4 excused

  3. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    40 aye · 4 aye with reservations · 4 no · 3 excused

House members along the path

26 more House members only counted as floor ayes

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

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Legislative history

  1. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  2. Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4

  3. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-26-25 10:50AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

  5. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 995) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  6. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).

  7. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Iwamoto, Perruso voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Kong, Lamosao, Souza voting no (4) and Representative(s) Kapela, Pierick, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

  8. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 370).

  9. Passed First Reading.

  10. Referred to GVO, WAM.

  11. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  12. The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  13. The committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 03-19-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  14. The committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 03-24-26 3:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.

  15. The committee on GVO deferred the measure.

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