Bill Commons

HI SB 2197

died on adjournment

RELATED TO HOUSING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did HI SB 2197 pass?

No. HI SB 2197 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 (2026-02-03): The committee on HOU deferred the measure.

What is HI SB 2197 about?

Replaces the five-year period during which the sales price of a rent-to-own dwelling unit shall remain fixed with an option period established by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/2050.

Who sponsors HI SB 2197?

CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO and 2 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 2197.

Description

Replaces the five-year period during which the sales price of a rent-to-own dwelling unit shall remain fixed with an option period established by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/2050.

Introduced
2026-01-21
Latest action
2026-02-03 — The committee on HOU deferred the measure.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • CHANGprimary
  • FEVELLAprimary
  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • MORIWAKIprimary
  • SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-03

    The committee on HOU deferred the measure.

    deferral

  2. 2026-02-03

    The committee on CPN deferred the measure.

    deferral

  3. 2026-01-30

    The committee(s) on HOU/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-26 9:31AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  4. 2026-01-26

    Referred to HOU/CPN, WAM/JDC.

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  6. 2026-01-14

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2197&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=HI&identifier=SB 2197. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.