Making Appropriations For Claims Against The State, Its Officers, Or Its Employees
Summary
Hawaii HB2250 passed the legislature on March 10, 2026, making appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and employees. The bill prohibits claims exceeding statutory time limitations under section 40-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and imposes new reporting requirements on the Attorney General, including confidential good-faith estimates of pending judgments and five-year incident reports to the Legislature.
What changed
Hawaii HB2250 enacts new statutory requirements governing claims against the State, its officers, and employees. The bill creates an absolute bar on claims seeking refunds, reimbursements, or payments from the Legislature that exceed the time limitations prescribed under section 40-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Additionally, the bill mandates that the Attorney General submit a confidential good-faith estimate of each possible unsettled judgment against the State within five days after the opening of each Regular Session to legislative leadership, and file five-year incident reports identifying events within state agencies that gave rise to claims.
Affected parties including state agencies, officers, employees, and potential claimants should be aware that claims filed outside the statutory limitations period will be ineligible for legislative payment consideration. The mandatory AG reporting obligations create new transparency and accountability requirements for the State's litigation exposure, while claimants and their legal representatives must ensure compliance with section 40-68 time limitations to preserve eligibility for any legislative appropriation of claims payments.
What to do next
- Verify whether any pending or anticipated claims against the State of Hawaii fall within the time limitations of section 40-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes
- Attorney General's office must prepare confidential reports of possible unsettled judgments within five days after each Regular Session opening
- Attorney General's office must compile and submit five-year reports on incidents leading to claims to the Legislature
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Making Appropriations For Claims Against The State, Its Officers, Or Its Employees.
Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. Prohibits claims for refunds, reimbursements, or other payments, authorization for which is sought from the Legislature that exceed the time limitations of section 40-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from being claimed. Requires the Attorney General to submit a confidential report within five days after the opening of a Regular Session to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, and Chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees that provides a good faith estimate of each possible judgment against the State that has not yet settled. Requires the Attorney General to submit a report every five years to the Legislature containing further incidents that occurred in an agency that led to a claim. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
Bill Details
State Hawaii
Session 2026 Regular Session
Chamber House
Official Source www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_ind...
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Sponsors
Nadine Nakamura (Rep - D)
Action History
2026-04-06 S The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C.. 2026-04-01 S The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-06-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. 2026-03-30 S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. 2026-03-30 S The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. 2026-03-30 S Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3286) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. 2026-03-24 S The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. 2026-03-20 S The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 03-24-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. 2026-03-16 S The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. 2026-03-12 S Referred to JDC, WAM. 2026-03-12 S Passed First Reading. 2026-03-12 S Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 383). 2026-03-10 H Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Iwamoto voting no (3) and Representative(s) Belatti, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. 2026-03-06 H Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26. 2026-03-06 H Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1087-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. 2026-02-26 H The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none. 2026-02-24 H Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. 2026-02-20 H Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Belatti, Quinlan excused (2). 2026-02-20 H Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 744-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. 2026-02-12 H The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. 2026-02-10 H Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-12-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. 2026-01-30 H Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 5 2026-01-28 H Introduced and Pass First Reading. 2026-01-26 H Pending introduction.
Votes
2026-03-24 Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments Yea: 5 Nay: 0 2026-04-06 Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments Yea: 12 Nay: 0
Committee Referrals
2026-01-30 H Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs 2026-02-20 H Finance 2026-03-12 S Judiciary 2026-03-30 S Ways and Means
Bill Text Versions
2026-01-29 Introduced 2026-02-20 Amended 2026-03-06 Amended 2026-03-27 Amended
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Claims Against the State Appropriations ($) AG Reports Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
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