REQUESTING THE STATEWIDE OFFICE ON HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING SOLUTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, HOMELESS COORDINATORS OF EACH COUNTY, COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN HAWAII.
HCR 180 is a concurrent resolution requesting coordination among Hawaii's Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions, law enforcement agencies, county homeless coordinators, and social service providers to address homelessness. It specifically asks these groups to collaborate on five key actions: preventing encampments near waterways to protect health and environment, reducing trash and abandoned shopping carts causing pollution, improving safety at bus stops and business entrances, connecting homeless individuals with support services, and advancing the Kauhale Initiative for shelter and housing. The resolution does not create new laws or funding but urges existing agencies to work together more effectively. It directly affects county-level homelessness response systems, law enforcement, and social service providers across Hawaii.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2025
Last action Apr 17, 2025
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The bill was reformatted from a legislative document to a Word document template, with the substantive text of the concurrent resolution preserved but reorganized. The core policy request remains unchanged: asking various agencies to collaborate on addressing homelessness in Hawaii. The primary changes are technical formatting updates rather than substantive policy modifications.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the policy content remains the same despite formatting changes.
TECHNICAL
Document structure changed from plain text legislative format to Word document template format with metadata
Resolved section now lists specific county housing administrators and directors instead of just homeless coordinators
Resolved section now lists 'Housing Administrator of the Office of Housing and Community Development of the County of Hawaii' and 'Director of Human Concerns of the County of Maui' and 'Housing Agency Homeless Coordinator of the County of Kauai' in addition to the previous homeless coordinators
Floor votes · House Apr 3, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
10
Committee
11
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Resolution adopted in final form.
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from EIG/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1928) with recommendation of adoption.
upper
Apr 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, DeCoite, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Fevella.
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EIG/PSM added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 04-11-25 3:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to EIG/PSM.
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 545).
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2).
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1855), recommending adoption.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem, Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (4).
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1609) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to JHA.
lower
Mar 20, 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, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takenouchi.
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 22
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Introduced
Offered
lower
6 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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