RELATING TO HOUSING.
Summary
Exempts affordable housing projects that are financed by a nonprofit community development financial institution certified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation as utilizing less than a certain amount from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund from prevailing wage provisions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2025
Last action Mar 18, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill was moved from the House of Representatives (HD1) to the Senate (HD2) with significant substantive changes. The most important change is that the exemption threshold for affordable housing projects was removed and replaced with a blank space, indicating the specific dollar amount needs to be determined. The certification requirement was also expanded to explicitly require certification by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
Scope change
The bill's scope changed from a fixed exemption threshold of less than $1,500,000 to an unspecified amount that requires further legislative determination.
ELIGIBILITY
The exemption dollar threshold was changed from a fixed $1,500,000 limit to a blank space requiring the legislature to specify the amount.
Added explicit requirement that the nonprofit community development financial institution must be certified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
TECHNICAL
Bill number changed from HD1 to HD2, indicating progression from House to Senate version.
Minor formatting and spacing changes throughout the document.
Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2025
How they voted
48–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 51
Mar 4, 2025
D
Democratic41
100% Yea
R
Republican10
70% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
9
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HOU/LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to HOU/LBT, WAM.
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 278).
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Kusch, Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Lamosao, Lee, M.; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, 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 LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 660), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Garrett, Kong; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Lee, M.; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela, Reyes Oda.
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 210) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica, Pierick.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to HSG, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 2
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Luke Evslin
DDemocratic
P
Nadine Nakamura
DDemocratic
P
Tyson Miyake
DDemocratic
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