HB 2616 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE BANYAN DRIVE-MAKAOKŪ COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

Summary

Establishes the Banyan Drive-Makaokū Community Development District as an entity within the Hawaii Community Development Authority. Establishes the Banyan Drive-Makaokū Community Development District Special Fund. Specifies the powers and duties of the Authority as it relates to the new development district and amends the composition of the Authority to include representatives of the new development district. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2616_HD1 → HB2616_HD2 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill version updates the legislative header to reflect the second House District (HD2) and corrects a specific geographic reference in the findings section, changing 'Rib town' to 'Hilo town' to accurately describe the area's location. The substantive policy content, including the establishment of the Banyan Drive-Makaokū Community Development District, the creation of a special fund, the composition of the governing authority, and the appropriated funding amounts, remains identical to the previous version.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains unchanged; it continues to establish a new community development district in Hilo and amend the Hawaii Community Development Authority. The only substantive text change is a geographic correction in the 'findings' section.

DEFINITION

Corrected a geographic reference in Section 1 from 'Rib town' to 'Hilo town' to accurately describe the strategic location of the district.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document header metadata to reflect the bill version as 'HB2616 HD2' instead of 'HB2616 HD1'.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDT/WLA, WAM.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 443).

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 708-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors