HI HB146

Appropriates unspecified funding from general revenues for fiscal year 2026-2027 to support the judiciary's ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) initiatives, including interpreter and translation services

References a 2015 task force that found Hawaiian language has sufficient sophistication and technical breadth to accurately translate legal terminology from English

Cites article XV, section 4 of the Hawaii State Constitution, which establishes both English and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi as official state languages

Notes that Hawaiian language ranks fifth among non-English languages spoken at home in Hawaii, according to 2009-2013 Census Bureau data

Specifies that appropriated funds are intended to supplement, not replace, the judiciary's existing funding or budget requests