Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1350

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/27/25

Caption

Relating To Capital Improvement Projects For The Benefit Of The Second Representative District.

Summary

HB1350 is a capital improvement appropriations bill for the Second Representative District in Hawaiʻi. It authorizes the director of finance to issue up to $8,001,000 in general obligation bonds and appropriates those funds for fiscal year 2025-2026 for four local projects: improvements at Waiakea Intermediate School, maintenance and repairs at Hilo Union Elementary School, replacement of the gymnasium at Hilo Intermediate School, and conversion of the James "Jimmy" Correa Ballfield at Dr. Francis F.C. Wong Stadium from grass to artificial turf. The bill assigns the Department of Education to expend the school-related funds and the County of Hawaiʻi to expend the ballfield funds. It also provides that the appropriations will not lapse at the end of the fiscal year, but any unencumbered money remaining on June 30, 2028 will lapse. The act would take effect on July 1, 2025.

Impact

HB1350 would amend state spending authority by creating a new bond-funded capital improvement appropriation for district-specific public facilities in Hawaiʻi County. It does not change regulatory law, but it does authorize state debt issuance and directs public funds to school maintenance, school replacement, and a county stadium field project, affecting the Department of Education and the County of Hawaiʻi as implementing agencies.

Sentiment

Based on the bill text and the absence of committee testimony or recorded votes, the measure appears to be a straightforward local capital funding bill with no documented controversy in the available record. The listed projects suggest broad support for school infrastructure and community athletic facilities, and the bill is framed as a targeted appropriation rather than a policy dispute.

Contention

No committee transcripts or vote history are available, so there is no recorded debate to identify specific objections or supporters. The only likely points of discussion would be the allocation of limited bond funds among school repairs, a gymnasium replacement, and an artificial turf conversion, as well as the use of state general obligation bonds for district-level projects and the county-administered ballfield improvement.

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Companion Bills

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