RELATING TO HOUSING.
Summary
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to consider additional preferential factors when supplying housing or assistance in obtaining housing. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to determine the order of preferences and rank applicants, select applicants based on application date, and validate the preference status of applicants. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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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MINOR
The bill was reformatted to standard legislative style and had its effective date changed from 'upon approval' to July 1, 3000. The substantive policy content regarding housing preferences for employees and returning residents remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the formatting and the effective date were modified.
TIMELINE
The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which appears to be a placeholder or error rather than an intended policy change.
TECHNICAL
The text was reformatted from a raw markup style (with bracketed deletions and underscores) into a clean, standard legislative format.
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 491) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kila.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to HSG, 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
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nadine Nakamura
DDemocratic
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