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HI SB 3218

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Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did HI SB 3218 pass?

Yes. HI SB 3218 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-26): Act 031, 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131).

What is HI SB 3218 about?

Part I: Substitutes the word "tax increment" with "resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity" for purposes of the Resilient Infrastructure for Shelter and Equity Act, except under certain circumstances. Part II: Conforms state law concerning county debt limits to permit counties to exclude resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds from the debt limit of the counties, if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds and excluding resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds from determinations of the counties' funded debt is ratified. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI SB 3218?

HASHIMOTO, CHANG, RICHARDS are the primary sponsors of HI SB 3218, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Part I: Substitutes the word "tax increment" with "resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity" for purposes of the Resilient Infrastructure for Shelter and Equity Act, except under certain circumstances. Part II: Conforms state law concerning county debt limits to permit counties to exclude resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds from the debt limit of the counties, if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds and excluding resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds from determinations of the counties' funded debt is ratified. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-28
Latest action
2026-05-26 — Act 031, 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • RICHARDSprimary
  • Wakaicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-26

    Act 031, 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131).

    became-law

  2. 2026-05-26

    Act 031, on 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-08

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. 2026-05-08

    Enrolled to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  6. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1).

    passage

  7. 2026-05-06

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. 2026-05-01

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  9. 2026-05-01

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  10. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 219-26).

  11. 2026-05-01

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  12. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 219-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  13. 2026-05-01

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  14. 2026-04-30

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.

  15. 2026-04-29

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.

  16. 2026-04-28

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.

  17. 2026-04-27

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 10:10AM; CR 224.

  18. 2026-04-24

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.

  19. 2026-04-23

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-24-26 10:10AM in conference room 224.

  20. 2026-04-21

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

  21. 2026-04-21

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718).

    receipt

  22. 2026-04-20

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

  23. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    receipt

  24. 2026-04-16

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 762).

    introduction,receipt

  25. 2026-04-16

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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  26. 2026-04-16

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  27. 2026-04-14

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  28. 2026-04-10

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2143-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  29. 2026-04-10

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.

  30. 2026-04-08

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2026-04-07

    The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-08-26.

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  32. 2026-04-07

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-08-26 1:56PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  33. 2026-04-02

    The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26.

    deferral

  34. 2026-04-02

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  35. 2026-03-31

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  36. 2026-03-23

    Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1321-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  37. 2026-03-23

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Lowen, Perruso, Poepoe, Quinlan excused (6).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  38. 2026-03-18

    The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica.

    committee-passage-favorable

  39. 2026-03-16

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 03-18-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  40. 2026-03-12

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  41. 2026-03-12

    Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 17

    referral-committee

  42. 2026-03-10

    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

  43. 2026-03-10

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 381) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction,receipt

  44. 2026-03-05

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2843) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  45. 2026-03-05

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.

  46. 2026-03-03

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  47. 2026-02-25

    The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-03-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

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  48. 2026-02-23

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 10:56AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  49. 2026-02-19

    Reported from EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2454) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  50. 2026-02-19

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  51. 2026-02-17

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  52. 2026-02-13

    The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 02-17-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  53. 2026-02-02

    Referred to EIG, WAM.

    referral-committee

  54. 2026-01-28

    Introduced.

    introduction

  55. 2026-01-28

    Passed First Reading.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-02-17 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Wakai: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • DeCoite: not voting
    • Richards: not voting

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

    2026-03-03 · pass · 12-0

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

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

    2026-03-10 · pass · 25-0

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

    2026-03-18 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Evslin: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Kila: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Pierick: yes
    • Cochran: yes
    • La Chica: not voting

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

    2026-04-08 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Todd: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Hussey: not voting

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Evslin: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Muraoka: yes

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Wakai: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Fevella: yes

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