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HI HB 740

died on adjournment

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 740 pass?

No. HI HB 740 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

What is HI HB 740 about?

Establishes the Accessory Dwelling Unit Financing and Deed Restriction Program to allocate funds to the counties for the purchase of equity in an accessory dwelling unit by the State. Specifies eligible homeowners or homebuyers for the Program to finance construction costs, development costs, and non-reoccurring closing costs associated with the construction of an accessory dwelling unit and purchase deed restrictions on the property. Appropriates moneys for infrastructure projects. Sunsets 1/1/2031. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Who sponsors HI HB 740?

EVSLIN, AMATO, GRANDINETTI and 8 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 740.

Description

Establishes the Accessory Dwelling Unit Financing and Deed Restriction Program to allocate funds to the counties for the purchase of equity in an accessory dwelling unit by the State. Specifies eligible homeowners or homebuyers for the Program to finance construction costs, development costs, and non-reoccurring closing costs associated with the construction of an accessory dwelling unit and purchase deed restrictions on the property. Appropriates moneys for infrastructure projects. Sunsets 1/1/2031. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Introduced
2025-01-21
Latest action
2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • EVSLINprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • HOLTprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • MATSUMOTOprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • MORIKAWAprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • TARNASprimary
  • WARDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  2. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  5. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  6. 2025-04-25

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:30 PM; Conference Room 016.

  7. 2025-04-25

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 225.

  8. 2025-04-24

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.

  9. 2025-04-23

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.

  10. 2025-04-22

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.

  11. 2025-04-21

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 10:25AM; Conference Room 224.

  12. 2025-04-17

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; Fevella.

  13. 2025-04-17

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 826).

    receipt

  14. 2025-04-15

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).

    receipt

  15. 2025-04-14

    House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Poepoe, Miyake Co-Chairs; Grandinetti, Muraoka.

  16. 2025-04-11

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  17. 2025-04-10

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  18. 2025-04-08

    Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  19. 2025-04-08

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 671) in amended form (SD 2).

  20. 2025-04-03

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1659) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  21. 2025-04-03

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

  22. 2025-03-31

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-03-28

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-31-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  24. 2025-03-20

    Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1179) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  25. 2025-03-20

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  26. 2025-03-11

    The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino, Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2025-03-07

    The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 1:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  28. 2025-03-06

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 277).

    introduction,receipt

  29. 2025-03-06

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  30. 2025-03-06

    Referred to HOU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-03-04

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  32. 2025-02-28

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1128), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  33. 2025-02-25

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-02-21

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  35. 2025-02-13

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 617) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  36. 2025-02-13

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

    passage,referral-committee

  37. 2025-02-06

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.

    committee-passage-favorable

  38. 2025-02-03

    Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 53) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  39. 2025-02-03

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  40. 2025-02-03

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-06-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  41. 2025-01-29

    The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Muraoka, Pierick; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  42. 2025-01-27

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 01-29-25 9:15AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  43. 2025-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  44. 2025-01-21

    Referred to HSG, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2

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  45. 2025-01-17

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-01-29 · pass · 6-2

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Evslin: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Kila: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Muraoka: no
    • Pierick: no
    • Cochran: not voting

  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-06 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Cochran: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Garcia: not voting

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-02-25 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Kitagawa: not voting
    • Ward: not voting

  • The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-11 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Chang: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Aquino: not voting
    • Fevella: not voting

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-31 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2025-04-08 · pass · 25-0

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