HB 1701 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO PARKING.

Summary

Prohibits minimum off-street parking requirements for new developments or redevelopment projects located in transit‑oriented development infrastructure improvement program areas. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Housing ✓ Transportation

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Feb 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1701 → HB1701_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to update the effective date from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 3000, and to standardize the formatting of the title and section headers. These changes primarily address technical and administrative details rather than altering the substantive policy of prohibiting minimum off-street parking requirements in transit-oriented development areas.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability remains unchanged; the policy prohibiting minimum parking requirements still applies to the same areas.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 3000, delaying the implementation of the parking requirement changes indefinitely.

TECHNICAL

The document title was updated from 'HB1701' to 'HB1701 HD1', and various metadata fields such as file names and timestamps were updated to reflect the House of Representatives version.

Formatting inconsistencies in the title and section headers were corrected to use consistent capitalization and spacing.

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Committee

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 119-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Feb 4, 2026

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, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Cochran; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

15 primary · 1 co-sponsor