Bill Commons

HI HB 1741

enacted

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Deems a county inclusionary mandate as a form of development exaction and treats the mandate as a housing affordability impact fee. Provides parameters for a county's adoption or amendment of an inclusionary mandate for residential or mixed-use development. Establishes additional components for a needs assessment study for a county-imposed inclusionary mandate. Conditions the adoption or amendment of a county inclusionary mandate for residential or mixed-use development on written findings of essential nexus and rough proportionality and a determination of financial feasibility. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-21
Status date
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Latest action
2026-07-09 — Act 211, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • EVSLINprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • ILAGANprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • MATSUMOTOprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • MORIKAWAprimary
  • REYES ODAprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • TARNASprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-07-09

    Act 211, on 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313).

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-09

    Act 211, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-07

    Transmitted to Governor.

  4. 2026-05-08

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

    receipt

  5. 2026-05-06

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

    receipt

  6. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Grandinetti voting no (2) and none excused (0).

    passage

  7. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).

    passage

  8. 2026-05-01

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

  9. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 131-26).

  10. 2026-05-01

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

  11. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 131-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  12. 2026-05-01

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Hashem, Tarnas, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Cochran; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  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

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-26 10:11AM in conference room 224.

  18. 2026-04-27

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 759).

    receipt

  19. 2026-04-24

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

  20. 2026-04-20

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

    receipt

  21. 2026-04-20

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

  22. 2026-04-20

    Re-referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30

    referral-committee

  23. 2026-04-17

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

    receipt

  24. 2026-04-16

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  25. 2026-04-14

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 617) in amended form (SD 1).

  26. 2026-04-14

    Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  27. 2026-04-10

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  28. 2026-04-10

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3773) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

  29. 2026-04-09

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2026-04-07

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:55AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  31. 2026-03-25

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  32. 2026-03-25

    Reported from EIG/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3199) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

  33. 2026-03-19

    The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HOU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Elefante, Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2026-03-19

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  35. 2026-03-16

    The committee(s) on EIG/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 3:02PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  36. 2026-03-12

    Referred to EIG/HOU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  37. 2026-03-12

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  38. 2026-03-12

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 280).

    introduction,receipt

  39. 2026-03-10

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Grandinetti, Iwamoto, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Sayama, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  40. 2026-03-06

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

  41. 2026-03-06

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1201-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  42. 2026-02-26

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  43. 2026-02-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  44. 2026-02-20

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

    passage,referral-committee

  45. 2026-02-20

    Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 718-26), recommending referral to JHA.

  46. 2026-02-19

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  47. 2026-02-13

    Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  48. 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

  49. 2026-02-09

    Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 112-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  51. 2026-01-30

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

  52. 2026-01-26

    Referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  53. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  54. 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
    • Cochran: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Kila: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Pierick: yes
    • Kitagawa: not voting

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

    2026-02-19 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Hashem: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Shimizu: yes

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

    2026-02-26 · pass · 7-1

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Sayama: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Shimizu: no
    • Belatti: not voting
    • Cochran: not voting

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

    2026-03-19 · pass · 3-2

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Wakai: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • DeCoite: no
    • Fevella: no

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

    2026-03-19 · pass · 3-2

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Chang: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Elefante: no
    • Fevella: no

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

    2026-04-09 · pass · 13-0

    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: yes

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    2026-04-14 · pass · 25-0

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

    2026-05-01 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Evslin: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Cochran: no

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

    2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0

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

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

    2026-05-06 · pass · 25-0

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