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HI SB 2542

died on adjournment

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did HI SB 2542 pass?

No. HI SB 2542 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 (2026-01-28): Referred to EDU, WAM.

What is HI SB 2542 about?

Requires the Department of Education to give reasonable consideration to making all or portions of the facilities of a public school available to housing development for certain employees of the Department when closing the public school. Requires the Department of Education to identify unused public school facilities that may be appropriate for employee housing and inventory suitable grounds available upon public school closure for potential development of employee housing.

Who sponsors HI SB 2542?

HASHIMOTO, CHANG are the primary sponsors of HI SB 2542, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires the Department of Education to give reasonable consideration to making all or portions of the facilities of a public school available to housing development for certain employees of the Department when closing the public school. Requires the Department of Education to identify unused public school facilities that may be appropriate for employee housing and inventory suitable grounds available upon public school closure for potential development of employee housing.

Introduced
2026-01-23
Latest action
2026-01-28 — Referred to EDU, WAM.
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • Elefantecosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-28

    Referred to EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-23

    Introduced.

    introduction

  3. 2026-01-23

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

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Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2542&year=2026

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