Hawai’i Senate Committee on Ways and Means last week released its schedule for budget informational briefings during the upcoming 2026 legislative session.
The purpose of the briefings is to ensure public dollars are being spent on priorities that meet the needs of Dela Cruz campaign contributors and anybody with $35,000 in a brown paper bag.
We can anticipate the usual Dela Cruz - Mercado-Kim extortion show. Viewers can puzzle over which crony sweetheart contracts are being foisted on UH as the price of budget approval.
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NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING
PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL
BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY
A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.
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TIME |
LOCATION |
COMMITTEE |
SUBJECT |
| 7-Jan-26 |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM |
Economic Forecast |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM |
Department of Taxation |
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Revenue Collections and Projection & DOTAX Budget |
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Department of Budget and Finance |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM |
Administration Financial Plan |
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| 8-Jan-26 |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-HWN |
Department of Hawaiian Homelands |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-PSM |
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
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| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-PSM |
Department of Defense |
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| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-PSM |
Department of Law Enforcement |
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| 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-CPN |
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs |
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| 9-Jan-26 |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-AEN |
Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-JDC |
Hawaii State Judiciary |
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| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-JDC |
Department of the Attorney General |
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| 12-Jan-26 |
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-EDT |
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism |
| 13-Jan-26 |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-GVO |
Department of Accounting and General Services |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-WLA |
Department of Land and Natural Resources |
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| 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-HHS |
Department of Health |
| 14-Jan-26 |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-HHS |
Department of Human Services |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-EDU |
University of Hawaii |
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| 15-Jan-26 |
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-HHS |
Hawaii Health Systems Corporation |
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| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-TRS |
Department of Transportation |
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| 16-Jan-26 |
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-EDU |
Charter, Library, EOEL, SFA |
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| 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-EDU |
Department of Education |
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| 20-Jan-26 |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-LBT |
Department of Human Resources Development |
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| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM-LBT |
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations |
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| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM |
Department of Budget & Finance |
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| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
Room 211 |
WAM |
Office of the Governor |
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* Informational Briefings on this Senate agenda will be held jointly with Senate Standing Committees. Official Informational Briefing Notices with joint Senate Committees will be forthcoming.
No public testimony will be accepted.
The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.
FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6800.
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