SB 26 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Summary

Establishes the Affordable Housing Land Inventory Task Force to conduct a study, subject to legislative appropriation, to assess the viability of housing development in transit-oriented development zones or other areas on state or county lands. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Issues: ✓ Housing ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Apr 25, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB26_SD1 → SB26_SD2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill version (SD2) appears to be a draft or template version that includes metadata and formatting artifacts from a document management system, rather than substantive legislative changes. The core policy content regarding the affordable housing task force remains largely the same as SD1, though the effective date for the appropriation was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, which appears to be an error. The bill establishes a task force to identify state lands for affordable housing development and requires a report to the legislature.

Scope change

The substantive scope of the bill remains unchanged, but the effective date for the appropriation was modified (likely an error) from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050.

TIMELINE

The effective date for the appropriation in Section 2 was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, which is likely a clerical error since the bill is for the 2025 legislative session.

TECHNICAL

Added document metadata including author names, timestamps, and revision numbers that are not part of the actual legislative text.

Removed page headers and footers from the original document formatting.

Changed the bill designation from S.D. 1 to S.D. 2, indicating this is a second draft version.

SB26_HD2 → SB26_SD1 · 12 edits

MAJOR

SB 26 was amended to move the Affordable Housing Land Inventory Task Force from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), which now serves as the administrative home. The task force membership was expanded to include the comptroller, senate president, and house speaker, and the task force's dissolution date was changed from January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2026. The bill's reporting deadline was also moved from the 2027 legislative session to the 2026 session.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed by transferring administrative oversight from OPSD to HCDA and expanding the task force membership to include additional high-level officials and county representatives.

SCOPE

Administrative oversight of the task force moved from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

REQUIREMENT

Task force membership expanded to include the comptroller, senate president, house speaker, and one representative from each county.

New requirement for the task force to update maps, tier tables, and inventories of state lands suitable for affordable housing development.

New requirement to focus on existing urban lands to minimize infrastructure needs and examine mixed-use development opportunities.

New requirement to identify lands for 100,000 new housing units and designate them as important housing lands.

New requirement to conduct a study on transit-oriented development lands meeting a demand of at least 10,000 units per year for fifty years.

TIMELINE

Task force dissolution date changed from January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2026.

Reporting deadline moved from twenty days before the 2027 regular session to twenty days before the 2026 regular session.

FISCAL

Section 2 appropriation amount changed from blank to $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2025-2026.

New Section 3 appropriates funds from the rental housing revolving fund for the Mayor Wright Homes affordable housing project on Oahu.

ENFORCEMENT

Added provision that task force members are not subject to chapter 84, Hawaii Revised Statutes solely due to their participation.

TECHNICAL

Section 3 now specifies that the appropriated funds shall be expended by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 225.

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:30 PM; Conference Room 016.

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Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.

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Apr 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.

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Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 10:31AM; Conference Room 224.

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Amended

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 454).

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1484) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1276) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSG, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 67) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Lee, C..

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-25 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from HOU/WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 473) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino, Fevella.

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Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HOU/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 1:15PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to HOU/WTL, WAM.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 8, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

4 primary · 2 co-sponsors