HB 742 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

Summary

Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to prepare environmental impact statements for the Iwilei/Kapalama and University of Hawaii West Oahu transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement districts on the island of Oahu. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB742 → HB742_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative document structure to a metadata-rich template format, likely for internal tracking purposes. The substantive policy content regarding transit-oriented development environmental impact statements remains unchanged, though the effective date was modified from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000' (a placeholder date).

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it still requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to prepare environmental impact statements for the Iwilei/Kapalama and University of Hawaii West Oahu districts.

TIMELINE

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

TECHNICAL

The document structure was converted from standard legislative formatting to a metadata template format with embedded tracking information, file names, and timestamps.

The header information was replaced with metadata fields including bill number, version history, and document properties.

Floor votes · House Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

46–2

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 51

Feb 4, 2025

D Democratic41

40 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican10

6 Yea 2 Nay 2

60% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 95) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (46-2-3)

house

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EEP, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors