HB 1484 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

Summary

Establishes the Transit-Oriented Community Improvement Partnership within the Department of Transportation. Establishes the Community Improvement Revolving Fund. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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HB1484 → HB1484_HD1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

This revision updates the bill's title and metadata to reflect House Draft 1, standardizes hyphenation in key terms like 'transit-oriented' and 'community improvement partnership' for consistency, and reorganizes the partnership's powers to clarify its operational structure. The changes also adjust the board composition to ensure specific expertise in affordable housing and public spaces, while removing a conflicting amendment to an existing authority's powers.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on establishing a new partnership to develop transit-oriented communities, but the definition of the partnership's powers and the composition of its governing board have been refined to improve clarity and operational focus.

DEFINITION

Standardized hyphenation in key terms such as 'transit-oriented' and 'community improvement partnership' throughout the text for consistency.

REQUIREMENT

Reorganized the partnership's powers from a long list into a structured format with clear sub-sections to improve readability and legal precision.

Updated the Board of Directors composition to explicitly require members with expertise in affordable housing and public spaces, and clarified term limits for appointed members.

ENFORCEMENT

Removed an amendment that sought to modify the powers of the existing Hawaii Community Development Authority, as it was no longer necessary or relevant to the new partnership.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the Act from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder or error during the drafting process.

TECHNICAL

Adjusted the description of appropriated funds to remove specific position counts, indicating that staffing levels will be determined later.

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Committee

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSG/TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 203) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, Miyake, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica.

lower

Jan 30, 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, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSG/TRN, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors