HR 120 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS, TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO COORDINATE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING TO REDUCE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS FOR HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS DEVELOPMENTS.

This bill requests the Department of Transportation and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to form a working group to coordinate infrastructure planning for Hawaiian home lands developments. The group will review overlapping projects, identify opportunities to reduce duplicative costs, and develop a standardized process for sharing information between the two departments. Members will include leadership from both agencies, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and external experts in infrastructure and finance. The working group must submit a report with findings and recommendations to the Legislature by early 2027 and will dissolve by June 30, 2027.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 16, 2026 Last action Apr 9, 2026

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HR120 → HR120_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated from a House Committee Resolution (HCR) to a House Draft (HD), changing the author and metadata. Substantively, the working group's leadership structure was modified to include two Co-Chairs instead of a single chair, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs recipient was updated to reflect an 'Interim' Chief Executive Officer. These changes clarify the shared leadership dynamic and ensure the resolution addresses the current status of the OHA leadership.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on coordinating capital improvement planning for Hawaiian Home Lands, but the governance structure of the working group was expanded to include dual co-leadership.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the working group chair from a single individual to two Co-Chairs, one from the Department of Transportation and one from the Hawaiian Homes Commission.

Updated the recipient of the resolution to specify the 'Interim' Chief Executive Officer of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1881-26), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Cochran.

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1687-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Mar 31, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Cochran, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

11 primary · 0 co-sponsors