HB 1088 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.

HB 1088 exempts housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) from school impact fees, which are typically charged to new developments to fund public school infrastructure. This directly affects DHHL housing projects, removing a financial obligation they would otherwise face. The bill's key provision is the specific exemption for DHHL-developed housing, effective July 1, 3000. It does not change general impact fee rules for other developers.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Mar 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1088 → HB1088_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a digital file format, while the core policy content remained largely the same. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from 'upon approval' to July 1, 3000, likely a placeholder or error. The exemptions for school impact fees remain unchanged, continuing to protect housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and other specified categories.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the same categories of development are exempt from school impact fees.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which appears to be a placeholder or clerical error rather than an intentional policy change.

TECHNICAL

The document format was converted from a traditional legislative text to a digital file structure with metadata headers.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the statutory text, including spacing and punctuation, but the substantive language of the exemptions remained the same.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HWN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, Ihara, Keohokalole, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU/HWN/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Re-Referred to EDU/HWN/HOU, WAM.

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to HWN/HOU, WAM.

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 145).

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 728), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem.

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 41) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors