HB 314 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ADAPTATION PATHWAYS PLANNING.

Summary

Requires the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to develop adaptation pathways plans to modify and relocate development and associated infrastructure away from critically vulnerable areas to locations outside of sea level rise and coastal flooding exposure area. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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HB314 → HB314_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a legislative draft into a finalized House Document (HD1) format, adding standard metadata and a summary description. Substantively, the text of the bill remains unchanged, establishing a framework for the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to create regional plans for adapting to sea-level rise, including potential relocation of development.

Scope change

No change in scope; the bill applies to the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission and relevant state and county agencies.

TECHNICAL

Added document metadata (file names, timestamps, page numbers) and a legislative summary description to the end of the file.

Converted the document structure from a raw legislative markup format to a standard House Document (HD1) layout with headers and page numbering.

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Committee

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 196) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EEP.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAL, EEP, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors