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Hawaii 2026

HB 1741

RELATING TO HOUSING.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Essential Nexus, Financial Feasibility, Housing Affordability Impact Fee, Inclusionary Mandate, Needs Assessment Study, Rough Proportionality
Introduced / first action
2026-01-20 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Deems a county inclusionary mandate as a form of development exaction and treats the mandate as a housing affordability impact fee. Provides parameters for a county's adoption or amendment of an inclusionary mandate for residential or mixed-use development. Establishes additional components for a needs assessment study for a county-imposed inclusionary mandate. Conditions the adoption or amendment of a county inclusionary mandate for residential or mixed-use development on written findings of essential nexus and rough proportionality and a determination of financial feasibility. (CD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 211, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313).

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  2. Act 211, on 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313).

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  3. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

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  4. Transmitted to Governor.

  5. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).

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  6. Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Grandinetti voting no (2) and none excused (0).

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  7. Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

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  8. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  9. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Hashem, Tarnas, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Cochran; and 0 Excused: none.

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  10. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 131-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  11. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  12. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 131-26).

  13. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26

  14. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.

  15. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.

  16. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.

  17. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 759).

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  18. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-26 10:11AM in conference room 224.

  19. Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Chang, Hashimoto Co-Chairs.

  20. Re-referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30

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  21. House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Tarnas, Miyake Co-Chairs; Cochran.

  22. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

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  23. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

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  24. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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  25. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  26. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 617) in amended form (SD 1).

  27. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3773) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

  28. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  29. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  30. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:55AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  31. Reported from EIG/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3199) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

  32. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

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  33. The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

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  34. The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HOU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Elefante, Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

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  35. The committee(s) on EIG/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 3:02PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  36. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 280).

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  37. Passed First Reading.

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  38. Referred to EIG/HOU, WAM.

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  39. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Grandinetti, Iwamoto, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Sayama, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

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  40. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1201-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  41. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  42. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.

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  43. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  44. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 718-26), recommending referral to JHA.

  45. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

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  46. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

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  47. Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  48. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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  49. Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 112-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

  50. The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.

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  51. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  52. Referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1

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  53. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  54. Prefiled.

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