Hawaii · Senate Bill 615 · 33rd Legislature

Procurement; Change Order; Cost Increases; Scope of Work

SB 615 Sponsored by Kurt Fevella and Troy N. Hashimoto Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 17, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 23, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Requires that any procurement change order that increases the contract cost by more than fifty per cent or substantially increases the scope of work be considered a new contract for procurement purposes.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateIntroduced.
  2. SenatePassed First Reading.
  3. CommitteeReferred to GVO, WAM/JDC. · Senate Government Operations
  4. CommitteeThe committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference. · Senate Government Operations
  5. CommitteeThe committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 01-30-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 225. · Senate Government Operations
  6. CommitteeThe committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 02-04-25 3:00PM; CR 225. · Senate Government Operations
  7. CommitteeThe committee on GVO deferred the measure. · Senate Government Operations
  8. LegislatureCarried over to 2026 Regular Session.

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The 2 members who introduced it.

From Hawaii's official records (capitol.hawaii.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.