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Hawaii 2026

HB 1700

RELATING TO HOUSING.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Access and Functional Needs, Counties, Expedited Permits, Housing Projects, Individuals with Disabilities, Reports
Introduced / first action
2026-01-20 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Includes housing projects for individuals with disabilities and individuals with access and functional needs as eligible projects to apply for expedited permits. Requires reports to the Legislature. Repeals 6/30/2031. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Pierick.

  2. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799).

    receipt

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

    receipt

  4. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

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

    passage

  6. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 605) in amended form (SD 1).

  7. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3747) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  8. One Day Notice 04-14-26.

  9. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  11. Reported from EIG/HHS/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3200) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Elefante, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. The committee(s) on EIG/HHS/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  17. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 148).

    introduction, receipt

  18. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  19. Referred to EIG/HHS/HOU, JDC.

    referral-committee

  20. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 988-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  21. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

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

    committee-passage-favorable

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

  24. Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 176-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

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

    committee-passage-favorable

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG/WAL on Friday, 02-06-26 8:45AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. Referred to HSG/WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  30. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  31. Prefiled.

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