HB 877 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ENCAMPMENTS.

Summary

Prohibits the erection, placement, construction, or maintenance of an encampment within one hundred feet from the property line of a pre-K-12 public or private school or school facility on public or private property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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HB877 → HB877_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to expand its scope by including pre-kindergarten schools and explicitly covering public or private property. Additionally, the enforcement mechanism was strengthened by adding a requirement for law enforcement to store displaced individuals' belongings, and the effective date was set to a distant future date of July 1, 3000.

Scope change

The bill now applies to pre-K-12 schools in addition to K-12 schools and explicitly covers encampments on public or private property.

SCOPE

The definition of protected schools was expanded from 'K-12' to 'pre-K-12' to include early childhood education facilities.

The prohibition on encampments was clarified to apply specifically to public or private property.

ENFORCEMENT

A new requirement mandates that law enforcement must take custody of and store the personal belongings of individuals displaced from encampments.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed to July 1, 3000.

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Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 62) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EDN.

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Amato; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSH, EDN, JHA, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

12 primary · 0 co-sponsors