HB 741 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Summary

Exempts affordable housing projects that are financed by a nonprofit community development financial institution certified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation as utilizing less than a certain amount from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund from prevailing wage provisions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB741_HD1 → HB741_HD2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill revision removes a specific $1.5 million funding threshold for exempting affordable housing projects from prevailing wage laws and replaces it with a blank space, indicating that the legislature has not yet finalized the new financial limit. It also clarifies that the exemption applies only to nonprofits certified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, rather than all certified nonprofits. These changes pause the automatic application of the exemption until the specific dollar amount is determined in a future version of the bill.

Scope change

The bill's scope is currently narrowed and incomplete; the exemption for affordable housing projects from prevailing wage requirements is no longer tied to a specific funding cap and requires further legislative action to define the new limit.

FISCAL

Removed the specific $1,500,000 funding threshold that previously defined the limit for the prevailing wage exemption.

Inserted a blank placeholder in the statutory text where the new funding limit should be written, leaving the exemption amount undefined.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the eligibility criteria to require certification by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, adding a specific oversight body to the exemption process.

TECHNICAL

Updated internal document metadata, including revision numbers, dates, and formatting codes, to reflect the transition from House Draft 1 to House Draft 2.

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 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HOU/LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to HOU/LBT, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 278).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Kusch, Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Lamosao, Lee, M.; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, Ward.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 660), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Garrett, Kong; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Lee, M.; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela, Reyes Oda.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 210) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.

lower

Feb 5, 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, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica, Pierick.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSG, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors