SR 63 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO TRANSFER PARCELS THAT MAKE UP THE EAST KAPOLEI TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND URGING THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PARTNER WITH THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT.

This Senate Resolution urges the Department of Land and Natural Resources to transfer several state-owned parcels in the East Kapolei Transit-Oriented Development Project to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for development. It also asks the Housing Finance Corporation to partner with the Hawaii Community Development Authority to handle non-housing community development and infrastructure work across the project area. The bill does not mandate these actions but recommends them based on the agencies' existing roles and past successful collaborations on similar projects.

Issues: ✓ Housing ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 12, 2026 Last action May 12, 2026

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SR63 → SR63_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to switch from a House Committee Resolution (HCR) to a Senate Committee Resolution (SCR), changing the sponsoring committee and author. Substantively, the bill's priorities were reversed: the original version urged the transfer of land parcels to the housing agency, while the new version urges the agency to prioritize building rental and for-sale housing. The new version also swaps the order of the remaining requests, now asking for revenue sharing with the land department first, followed by partnership for non-housing development, and adds a requirement for agencies to sign memorandums of agreement.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from primarily focusing on land transfer to primarily focusing on housing development, while retaining requests for revenue sharing and inter-agency cooperation.

ELIGIBILITY

The bill's primary request changed from transferring land parcels to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to urging HHFDC to prioritize developing rental and for-sale housing within the project.

REQUIREMENT

A new requirement was added asking HHFDC, the Hawaii Community Development Authority, and other relevant agencies to sign memorandums of agreement regarding their shared activities and submit them to the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

The order of the remaining requests was swapped; the bill now requests revenue sharing with the Department of Land and Natural Resources before requesting a partnership for non-housing community development.

TECHNICAL

The bill was moved from the House Committee on Revenue (HCR) to the Senate Committee on Rules (SCR), changing the sponsoring committee and author.

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How they voted

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

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Committee

Apr 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).

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Apr 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from WLA/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3557) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

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Mar 31, 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.

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Mar 31, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Chang, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.

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Mar 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-31-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

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Mar 19, 2026

Committee

Referred to WLA/HOU.

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Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Offered.

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2 primary · 0 co-sponsors