HCR 67 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR, STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL, PLANNING DEPARTMENTS OF EACH COUNTY, MAYORS OF EACH COUNTY, AND CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEES ON HOUSING TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR ADOPTING UPDATED BUILDING CODES.

HCR 67 is a non-binding request urging the Governor, State Building Code Council, county building departments, mayors, and housing committee chairs to create a strategy for updating Hawaii’s building codes. It addresses current confusion caused by recent proclamations that suspended code updates and left contractors with unclear standards, risking public safety and construction delays. The strategy must involve stakeholder input and ensure codes align with national standards while addressing local needs for safer, more resilient construction. This resolution does not change laws but seeks to clarify and modernize building code adoption across Hawaii.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Sub-Topics: Building Codes

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 16, 2025

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HCR67 → HCR67_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was reformatted from a standard House Concurrent Resolution to a House Document (HD) format, with substantive policy additions including a new resolution clause requesting reinstatement and adequate funding for the State Building Code Council, and a more specific list of recipients for the resolution's certified copies. The WHEREAS clauses were also slightly edited for clarity and consistency.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a general request to develop a strategy to include a specific request to reinstate and fund the State Building Code Council, and the list of recipients was narrowed from general county officials to specific named officials.

FISCAL

Added a new resolution clause urging the reinstatement and adequate funding of the State Building Code Council to resume its mandate effectively.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the list of recipients for certified copies from general county officials to specific named officials including individual mayors and planning department directors.

TECHNICAL

Reformatted the document from a House Concurrent Resolution to a House Document format with updated metadata and template information.

Floor votes · House Mar 25, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Committee

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from PSM/EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1885) with recommendation of adoption.

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 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 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM/EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 04-11-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to PSM/EIG.

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 391).

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Ward excused (3).

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1563) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSG, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors