HR 88 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR'S COORDINATOR ON HOMELESSNESS AND THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO ESTABLISH A TWO-YEAR HOMELESSNESS SANCTUARY PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A SAFE LOCATION ON PUBLIC LAND FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO RESIDE AND ACCESS SERVICES.

HR 88 is a resolution requesting Hawaii's Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness and Honolulu to establish a two-year pilot program creating safe public land sites for unsheltered homeless individuals and families on Oahu. The program would provide designated locations with essential facilities including central shelters, vehicle parking, restrooms, showers, laundry, and daily meals, while connecting residents to services like mental health support and job training opportunities. It requires agencies to select a site by November 2025, open the program by January 2026, and partner with nonprofits to operate the sites. The resolution mandates a report by 2026 detailing program progress, participants served, and recommendations for potential permanent implementation.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare ✓ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2025

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HR88 → HR88_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a Word document structure with metadata headers and footers. The substantive policy text remains largely the same, though some minor wording adjustments were made in the final resolution clauses. The core request for a two-year homelessness sanctuary pilot program with specific facility requirements and reporting obligations is unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Document structure changed from plain text legislative format to Word document format with metadata headers, footers, and page numbers.

Some formatting artifacts and page references were removed from the text.

Some special character encoding issues were corrected in the WHEREAS clauses.

REQUIREMENT

Minor wording adjustment in the final report requirement clause: 'estimate of the amount of funding needed' was added to clarify what should be included in the final report.

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Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick, Souza voting no (2) and Representative(s) Hashem, Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1603) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

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, FIN, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

6 primary · 0 co-sponsors