HB 1318 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Summary

Removes from the definition of "public lands" lands set aside by the Governor to the counties for the purpose of affordable housing. Specifies that lands set aside by the Governor to the counties for affordable housing require legislative approval for the sale or gift of such lands. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Feb 25, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill amends the definition of 'public lands' in Hawaii Revised Statutes to clarify which lands are excluded from the public land trust. The most significant change is the removal of a provision that allowed counties to set aside lands for affordable housing without specific legislative approval for their sale or gift. The bill also updates several other exclusions to align with current agency names and organizational structures.

Scope change

The bill narrows the scope of what constitutes 'public lands' by removing the county affordable housing land exclusion and clarifying that such lands must follow the same public trust fiduciary duties as the board when managed by counties.

DEFINITION

Removed the exclusion for lands set aside by the governor to counties for affordable housing from the definition of public lands, requiring these lands to be managed under the same public trust fiduciary duties as the board.

Updated references to various state agencies and corporations to reflect current names and structures, including changes to how lands held by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation are classified.

Added a provision clarifying that if lands set aside for housing finance and development purposes are no longer needed, they must be returned to the agency from which they were obtained.

Reorganized and renumbered the list of excluded lands to improve clarity and consistency across different sections of the statute.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 713) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe, Woodson.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 222) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSG,WAL, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors