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HB2116HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Grants.

Last status update Mar 5, 2026

What this measure contains

Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services (OCS) to award grants to certain nonprofit organizations. Establishes an evaluation and selection committee to oversee the awarding of grants. Requires an applicant for a grant to provide certain documentation on activities that qualify for community engagement hours to qualify for the grant. Appropriates funds for positions in OCS and for the Department of the Attorney General to assist OCS in reviewing contracts and monitoring costs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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Bill text and versions

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  • SB2670— Same As

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How this measure moved

Legislative path

Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.

  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by LAB
  3. HD2by HSH

Companion measure: SB2670. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

    6 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    50 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  3. House HSH committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    7 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD2: Report adopted

    49 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

  5. House FIN committee on HD2: Passed, unamended

    14 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

  6. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    41 aye · 7 aye with reservations · 1 no · 1 excused

  7. Labor and Technology (LBT) on HD2: Passed, unamended

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of HB2116
MemberLBT
HD2		Change along the path
Brandon ElefanteSD-016Aye
Kurt FevellaSD-020Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019Aye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB2116
MemberLAB
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		HSH
HD1		Report adoption
HD2		FIN
HD2		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeExcusedAyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House report adoption (HD2)
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAyeAye*AyeAdded reservations at House FIN committee (HD2)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeExcusedAyeAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028Excused
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAye*ExcusedAdded reservations at House FIN committee (HD2)
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAyeAye
19 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberLAB
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		HSH
HD1		Report adoption
HD2		FIN
HD2		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye

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

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to LAB, HSH, FIN, referral sheet 4

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  6. Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 183-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HSH.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HSH with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Amato, Hartsfield.

  10. Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 527-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Belatti voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso, Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  14. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 800-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Alcos, Belatti, Cochran, Garcia, Muraoka, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

  16. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 81).

  17. Passed First Reading.

  18. Referred to LBT, WAM/JDC.

  19. The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  20. The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Ihara, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  21. Re-Referred to LBT, WAM.

  22. Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3216) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

  23. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

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