HB 2424 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Summary

Between 7/1/2026 and 12/31/2028, authorizes each county planning agency to petition the Land Use Commission for a district boundary amendment to reclassify certain lands within the agricultural district to the rural district through the district boundary amendment process. Repeals 12/31/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 27, 2026 Last action Mar 19, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2424_HD1 → HB2424_HD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was revised to align the text with the official Hawaii Revised Statutes by changing references from 'planning commission' to 'planning agency' and 'declaratory order' to 'district boundary amendment.' It also updated the statutory citation to include the specific chapter and section numbers for clarity.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability remains the same, as it still authorizes counties to petition for reclassifying agricultural land to rural land between 2026 and 2028.

TECHNICAL

Replaced 'planning commission' with 'planning agency' and 'declaratory order' with 'district boundary amendment' to match current statutory language.

Updated references to include specific chapter and section numbers for the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Reformatted the bill text to follow the standard legislative format for adding new sections to existing statutes.

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

Mar 19, 2026

Upper · Passed

The recommendation was not adopted.

upper

Mar 19, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 19, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Chang, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.

upper

Mar 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA/EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to WLA/EIG, JDC.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 415).

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Poepoe voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Poepoe; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 709-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

15 primary · 0 co-sponsors