RELATING TO COUNTY HOUSING POWERS.
Summary
Expands the counties' authorization to exercise the same powers as the Hawaiʻi housing finance and development corporation for purposes of developing, constructing, financing, refinancing, or providing mixed-income projects and mixed-use developments. Authorizes units in low- and moderate-income housing projects to be made available to households with higher incomes if there is an insufficient number of persons or families who meet income qualifying requirements. Applies to bond proceeds expended by a county after 12/31/23. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2024
Last action Mar 7, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Mar 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to HOU, WAM.
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 276).
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Hussey-Burdick voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 331-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Hashem, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ganaden, M. Mizuno.
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Aiu, Kila, Kitagawa, Miyake, Onishi, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Referred to HSG/WAL, FIN, referral sheet 2
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Darius Kila
DDemocratic
P
Jenna Takenouchi
DDemocratic
P
Luke Evslin
DDemocratic
P
Micah Aiu
DDemocratic
P
Tyson Miyake
DDemocratic
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