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HI HB 1740

enacted

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 1740 pass?

Yes. HI HB 1740 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-09): Act 210, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312).

What is HI HB 1740 about?

Repeals the prohibition against qualified residents for Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation-approved projects holding a majority interest in land and repeals the requirement that qualified residents demonstrate financial viability or ability to pay rent. Limits a qualified resident from owning a majority interest in no more than one property suitable for dwelling purposes, but requiring the disposal of such property within two years. Amends exemptions from statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules for certain housing projects developed by the Corporation that satisfy certain conditions, including requirements related to employment, owner-occupancy, and deed restrictions. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 1740?

EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI and 12 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1740.

Description

Repeals the prohibition against qualified residents for Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation-approved projects holding a majority interest in land and repeals the requirement that qualified residents demonstrate financial viability or ability to pay rent. Limits a qualified resident from owning a majority interest in no more than one property suitable for dwelling purposes, but requiring the disposal of such property within two years. Amends exemptions from statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules for certain housing projects developed by the Corporation that satisfy certain conditions, including requirements related to employment, owner-occupancy, and deed restrictions. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-21
Latest action
2026-07-09 — Act 210, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • EVSLINprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • ILAGANprimary
  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • LOWENprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • MORIKAWAprimary
  • MURAOKAprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • REYES ODAprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • TARNASprimary
  • TODDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-09

    Act 210, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312).

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-09

    Act 210, on 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312).

    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 none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Grandinetti, Iwamoto, Muraoka, Perruso voting no (8) and none excused (0).

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  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: Senator(s) Dela Cruz, McKelvey. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga).

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  9. 2026-04-29

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 29-26) 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. 29-26).

  12. 2026-04-29

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

  13. 2026-04-28

    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) Chang, Elefante, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  14. 2026-04-28

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Hashem, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Cochran; and 0 Excused: none.

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  15. 2026-04-27

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 10:05AM in conference room 224.

  16. 2026-04-24

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 10:05AM in conference room 224.

  17. 2026-04-23

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-24-26 10:05AM in conference room 224.

  18. 2026-04-20

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

  19. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  20. 2026-04-20

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Elefante Co-Chair; Rhoads.

  21. 2026-04-20

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

    receipt

  22. 2026-04-17

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

    receipt

  23. 2026-04-16

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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  24. 2026-04-14

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  25. 2026-04-14

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 616) in amended form (SD 2).

  26. 2026-04-09

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3682) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  27. 2026-04-09

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  28. 2026-04-06

    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, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2026-04-01

    The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-06-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

    deferral

  30. 2026-03-30

    Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3208) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  31. 2026-03-30

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  32. 2026-03-30

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  33. 2026-03-17

    The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Elefante, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2026-03-12

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 279).

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  35. 2026-03-12

    Passed First Reading.

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  36. 2026-03-12

    Referred to HOU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  37. 2026-03-12

    The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  38. 2026-03-10

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

    passage

  39. 2026-03-06

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1091-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  40. 2026-03-06

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

  41. 2026-03-02

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  42. 2026-02-27

    The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-02-26.

    deferral

  43. 2026-02-27

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  44. 2026-02-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  45. 2026-02-19

    Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 539-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  46. 2026-02-19

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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  47. 2026-02-17

    The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe.

    committee-passage-favorable

  48. 2026-02-11

    Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  49. 2026-02-10

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

    reading-2,referral-committee

  50. 2026-02-09

    Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 116-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

  51. 2026-02-04

    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, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  52. 2026-01-30

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  53. 2026-01-26

    Referred to HSG, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  54. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  55. 2026-01-20

    Prefiled.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-02-04 · pass · 8-0

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

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

    2026-02-17 · pass · 8-0

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

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

    2026-03-02 · pass · 15-0

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

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

    2026-03-17 · pass · 4-0

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

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

    2026-04-06 · pass · 12-0

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

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

    2026-04-14 · pass · 24-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Elefante: yes

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

    2026-04-28 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Chang: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Rhoads: yes

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

    2026-04-28 · pass · 3-1

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Evslin: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Cochran: no

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

    2026-05-01 · pass · 24-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Senator(s: not voting

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