HB 225 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO SQUATTING.

Summary

Establishes a working group within the Department of the Attorney General to study the issue of squatting in Hawaii and provide recommendations. Requires reports to the legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Feb 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB225 → HB225_HD1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a draft document to a formal House Bill (HB225 HD1) with substantive changes to the working group's composition and reporting schedule. The most significant policy change is the addition of the state public defender and a representative from the house of representatives to the working group, while removing the governor's homelessness coordinator. The reporting deadline was extended from June 30, 2027, to the regular session of 2027, and the effective date was set to July 1, 3000, indicating this is a placeholder for future legislation.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on establishing a working group to study squatting in Hawaii, but the group's membership composition was expanded to include the state public defender and a house representative, while the governor's homelessness coordinator was removed.

ELIGIBILITY

Added the state public defender as a required member of the working group.

Changed the house of representatives member from being appointed by the speaker to simply being a member of the house.

Removed the governor's coordinator on homelessness from the required working group members.

TIMELINE

Extended the working group's termination date from June 30, 2027, to the convening of the regular session of 2027.

Set the bill's effective date to July 1, 3000, indicating this is a placeholder for future legislation.

TECHNICAL

Reformatted the document from a draft version to a formal House Bill format with proper legislative numbering and structure.

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Committee

Jan 30, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSH, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

12 primary · 0 co-sponsors