HR 147 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

ESTABLISHING A LEGISLATIVE WORKING GROUP FOR THE CONTINUED OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS' EXECUTION OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY ACT 279, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2022.

HR 147 establishes a legislative working group to oversee how the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands uses funds from Act 279 (which appropriated $600 million to help native Hawaiian applicants secure homestead leases). The group, composed of seven state representatives, must submit progress reports to the House by specific deadlines before the 2026 and 2027 legislative sessions and will dissolve on January 1, 2027. This resolution continues oversight originally recommended by a prior working group, following the extension of the deadline for using Act 279 funds until 2026. It does not change policy but ensures transparency about the department’s use of these funds.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025

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HR147 → HR147_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document layout to a modern digital document structure, with one substantive membership change. The most significant policy change is the addition of Representative Diamond Garcia from the Forty-Second District to the working group, replacing Representative Gene Ward from the Eighteenth District. All other substantive provisions regarding the working group's purpose, reporting requirements, and expiration date remain unchanged.

Scope change

The scope of the working group's membership was modified by adding one new representative and removing one existing representative.

MEMBERSHIP

Representative Gene Ward from the Eighteenth District was removed from the working group membership list.

Representative Diamond Garcia from the Forty-Second District was added to the working group membership list.

TECHNICAL

The document was converted from a traditional printed legislative format to a modern digital document structure with metadata headers.

Floor votes · House Apr 3, 2025

How they voted

48–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 50

Apr 3, 2025

D Democratic41

40 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican9

8 Yea 1

88% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 1 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. 1852) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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 25, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1524), recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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, JHA, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors