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HI HB 1737

enacted

RELATING TO FARM EMPLOYEE HOUSING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 1737 pass?

Yes. HI HB 1737 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-26): Act 034, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134).

What is HI HB 1737 about?

Clarifies the allowable uses within agricultural districts with respect to farm dwellings and farm employee housing. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 1737?

EVSLIN, HUSSEY, ILAGAN and 16 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1737, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Clarifies the allowable uses within agricultural districts with respect to farm dwellings and farm employee housing. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-21
Latest action
2026-05-26 — Act 034, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • EVSLINprimary
  • HUSSEYprimary
  • ILAGANprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • KUSCHprimary
  • LEEprimary
  • M.primary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MATSUMOTOprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • MORIKAWAprimary
  • REYES ODAprimary
  • SAYAMAprimary
  • SHIMIZUprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • TARNASprimary
  • TODDprimary
  • Amatocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-26

    Act 034, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134).

    became-law

  2. 2026-05-26

    Act 034, on 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-08

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

    receipt

  4. 2026-05-07

    Transmitted to Governor.

  5. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Amato, Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Marten, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (4) and none excused (0).

    passage

  6. 2026-05-05

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814).

    receipt

  7. 2026-05-01

    Deferred one day 05-06-26.

    deferral

  8. 2026-05-01

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga).

    passage

  9. 2026-04-29

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 25-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  10. 2026-04-29

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26.

  11. 2026-04-29

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 25-26).

  12. 2026-04-29

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26

  13. 2026-04-27

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Hashem, Chun, Tarnas, Cochran; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-04-27

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Chang, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2026-04-24

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 10:20AM in conference room 224.

  16. 2026-04-23

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 810).

    receipt

  17. 2026-04-22

    House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Chun, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Cochran.

  18. 2026-04-20

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Chang, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Awa.

  19. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 713).

    receipt

  20. 2026-04-17

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  21. 2026-04-16

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  22. 2026-04-14

    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

  23. 2026-04-14

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 615) in amended form (SD 2).

  24. 2026-04-10

    Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3768) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  25. 2026-04-10

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  26. 2026-04-09

    The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2026-04-02

    The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  28. 2026-03-30

    Reported from AEN/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3219) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  29. 2026-03-30

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  30. 2026-03-18

    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, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, Elefante.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2026-03-18

    The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2026-03-13

    The committee(s) on AEN/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  33. 2026-03-12

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 276).

    introduction,receipt

  34. 2026-03-12

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  35. 2026-03-12

    Referred to AEN/HOU, JDC.

    referral-committee

  36. 2026-03-10

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  37. 2026-03-06

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1195-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  38. 2026-03-06

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  39. 2026-03-04

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  40. 2026-02-27

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-04-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  41. 2026-02-20

    Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 599-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.

  42. 2026-02-20

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Perruso voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

    passage,referral-committee

  43. 2026-02-18

    The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  44. 2026-02-13

    Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  45. 2026-02-11

    Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 179-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.

  46. 2026-02-11

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  47. 2026-02-06

    The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  48. 2026-02-06

    The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Woodson.

    committee-passage-favorable

  49. 2026-02-03

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG/WAL on Friday, 02-06-26 8:45AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  50. 2026-01-26

    Referred to HSG/WAL, AGR, JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  51. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  52. 2026-01-20

    Prefiled.

Versions

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Votes

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

    2026-02-06 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Hashem: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Ichiyama: not voting
    • Woodson: not voting

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

    2026-02-06 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Evslin: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Cochran: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Kila: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Pierick: yes

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

    2026-02-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Chun: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Quinlan: yes
    • Matsumoto: yes
    • Perruso: yes

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

    2026-03-04 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Sayama: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Belatti: not voting
    • Cochran: not voting

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

    2026-03-18 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Chang: yes
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Hashimoto: not voting
    • Elefante: not voting

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

    2026-03-18 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Awa: yes

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

    2026-04-09 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Awa: yes

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

    2026-04-14 · pass · 25-0

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

    2026-04-27 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Evslin: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Cochran: yes

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

    2026-04-27 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Awa: yes

  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).

    2026-05-01 · pass · 24-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Senator(s: not voting

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