SB 2187 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

Summary

Renames the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism as the Department of Housing, Economic Development, and Tourism. Effective 7/1/2060. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Last action Feb 17, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB2187 → SB2187_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill renames the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Department of Housing, Economic Development, and Tourism to emphasize housing development. The changes are primarily technical, updating the department's name in the bill's title, statutory references, and the effective date of the act from July 1, 2050, to July 1, 2060.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on renaming the department, but the applicability of the new name is extended by changing the effective date to 2060.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the act was changed from July 1, 2050, to July 1, 2060.

DEFINITION

The department's official name was updated throughout the text and statutory references to reflect the new inclusion of 'Housing'.

TECHNICAL

Metadata fields such as the bill author, version number, and template type were updated to reflect the Senate Draft 1 status.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDT/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2304) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Elefante, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.

upper

Feb 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-26 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDT/HOU, WAM.

upper

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 14, 2026

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor