SB 511 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Summary

Clarifies that projects seeking exemptions from planning and development laws and rules may be modified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation under certain conditions. Authorizes HHFDC to make recommendations to appropriate Legislative bodies. Requires HHFDC or a county to accept an application seeking certain exemptions within thirty days, and to process the application within one hundred twenty days before final approval by a county legislative body for certain housing projects. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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SB511 → SB511_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill revision clarifies the authority of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to modify housing projects under certain conditions and establishes new timelines for reviewing applications. It also updates the effective date of the act to July 1, 2050, and adds provisions requiring HHFDC or counties to accept applications within 30 days and process them within 120 days before final approval.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on housing development exemptions, but applicability is modified by adding specific timelines for application processing and clarifying HHFDC's ability to modify projects to meet health and safety standards.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that HHFDC or a county must accept housing project applications within 30 days and process them within 120 days before final county legislative approval.

Clarified that HHFDC may modify housing projects or impose conditions only to address minimum health and safety standards.

Added provision that the corporation or county shall have 30 days to accept an application and 120 days to process it before final approval by a county legislative body.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the act from 'upon approval' to July 1, 2050.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 379) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Re-Referred to HOU, WAM.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HOU/EIG, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor