Bill Commons

HI SB 26

died on adjournment

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Establishes the Affordable Housing Land Inventory Task Force to conduct a study, subject to legislative appropriation, to assess the viability of housing development in transit-oriented development zones or other areas on state or county lands. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Introduced
2025-01-15
Status date
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Latest action
2026-04-17 — Re-Referred to HOU/WLA, WAM.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • CHANGprimary
  • FEVELLAprimary
  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary
  • Gabbardcosponsor
  • Wakaicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-17

    Re-Referred to HOU/WLA, WAM.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-02

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

    receipt

  3. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

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

    receipt

  5. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  6. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  7. 2025-04-25

    Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880).

    receipt

  8. 2025-04-25

    Senate Conferees Changed: Senators Lee, C. added as Co-Chairs. Senator Hashimoto discharged as Co-Chair.

  9. 2025-04-25

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

  10. 2025-04-25

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

  11. 2025-04-24

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

  12. 2025-04-23

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

  13. 2025-04-22

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 10:31AM; Conference Room 224.

  14. 2025-04-21

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 848).

    receipt

  15. 2025-04-21

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

  16. 2025-04-21

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754).

    receipt

  17. 2025-04-17

    House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Miyake Co-Chairs; La Chica, Muraoka.

  18. 2025-04-04

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590).

    receipt

  19. 2025-04-04

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  20. 2025-04-04

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 454).

    introduction,receipt

  21. 2025-04-03

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  22. 2025-04-03

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1906), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  23. 2025-03-28

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2025-03-27

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-28-25 1:59PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  25. 2025-03-27

    The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-28-25.

    deferral

  26. 2025-03-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  27. 2025-03-21

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).

    passage,referral-committee

  28. 2025-03-21

    Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1484) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  29. 2025-03-20

    The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2025-03-17

    Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 03-20-25 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  31. 2025-03-14

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  32. 2025-03-14

    Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1276) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

  33. 2025-03-12

    The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-03-07

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  35. 2025-03-06

    Referred to HSG, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  36. 2025-03-06

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  37. 2025-03-04

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 67) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction,receipt

  38. 2025-03-04

    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.

    passage

  39. 2025-02-28

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  40. 2025-02-28

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1008) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  41. 2025-02-28

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Lee, C..

    committee-passage-favorable

  42. 2025-02-27

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-25 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  43. 2025-02-27

    Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.

  44. 2025-02-13

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  45. 2025-02-13

    Reported from HOU/WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 473) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  46. 2025-02-07

    The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  47. 2025-02-07

    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

  48. 2025-02-04

    The committee(s) on HOU/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 1:15PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  49. 2025-01-16

    Referred to HOU/WTL, WAM.

    referral-committee

  50. 2025-01-15

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

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  51. 2025-01-08

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-07 · pass · 3-0

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

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

    2025-02-07 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Inouye: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • DeCorte: yes

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

    2025-02-28 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Kidani: not voting
    • Kim: not voting
    • Lee: not voting
    • C.: not voting

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

    2025-03-04 · pass · 25-0

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

    2025-03-12 · pass · 7-1

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

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

    2025-03-20 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Hashem: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Woodson: not voting

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

    2025-03-28 · pass · 14-0

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

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