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SCR74Introduced in the Senate

Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of No-bid Contracts Issued By State And County Agencies Under Proclamations Declaring States Of Emergency During The Six-year Period Between January 1, 2020, And December 31, 2025.

Passed

Introduced by Sharon Moriwaki, District 12

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Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of No-bid Contracts Issued By State And County Agencies Under Proclamations Declaring States Of Emergency During The Six-year Period Between January 1, 2020, And December 31, 2025.

Where it stands

Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-19-26.

May 19, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Government Operations: Passed, Unamended · March 24, 2026

5

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Troy Hashimoto5Yes
Angus McKelvey6Yes
Sharon Moriwaki12Yes
Mike Gabbard21Yes
Brenton Awa23Yes

Bill history

  1. Offered.

  2. Referred to GVO, WAM.

  3. The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  4. The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in GVO were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Hashimoto, Moriwaki, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  5. Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3399), with recommendation of referral to WAM.

  6. Report adopted, referred to WAM.

  7. Waived referral to WAM.

  8. One Day Notice 04-08-26

  9. Adopted. Transmitted to House.

  10. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 431).

  11. Referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 27

  12. Resolution scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 04-15-26 10:30AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

  14. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2171-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  15. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato excused (1).

  16. Scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 04-23-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  17. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Ratcliffe, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa, Perruso, Alcos.

  18. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2272-26), recommending adoption.

  19. Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  20. Transmitted to Senate.

  21. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 851).

  22. Resolution adopted in final form.

  23. Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-19-26.

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