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SB2627HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Economic Development And Tourism.

Last status update Jan 23, 2026

What this measure contains

Exempts the Hawaii Tourism Authority's contracts or agreements for sports events from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code and all other requirements of law for competitive bidding. Requires HTA to notify the Chief Procurement Officer of exempt contracts executed. Requires an annual report to the State Procurement Office. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

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Legislative path

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  1. Introduced
  2. SD1by EDT
  3. SD2by EDT

Decision stages

  1. Economic Development and Technology (EDT) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments and be recommitted, reported as SD1

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  2. Government Operations (GVO) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  3. Economic Development and Technology (EDT) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

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

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB2627
MemberEDT
Introduced		GVO
SD1		EDT
SD1		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023Excused
Lynn DecoiteSD-007AyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020AyeAye
Carol FukunagaSD-011ExcusedAye
Mike GabbardSD-021Aye
Troy HashimotoSD-005Aye
Donna KimSD-014AyeAye
Angus McKelveySD-006Aye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012Aye
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAye

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. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to EDT.

  4. The committee(s) on EDT will hold a public decision making on 02-10-26 1:10PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS and be recommitted. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.

  6. Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2240) as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of recommittal to EDT.

  7. Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and recommitted to EDT.

  8. Re-Referred to EDT/GVO, WAM.

  9. The committee(s) on EDT/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-19-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  10. The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Hashimoto, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

  11. The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  12. Reported from EDT/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2687) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 2) and referral to WAM.

  13. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 2) and referred to WAM.

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