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Hawaii 2026

HB 2476

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION.

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

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Constitutional Amendments (ConAm), Counties, Housing Infrastructure Growth Bonds
Introduced / first action
2026-01-27 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Proposes constitutional amendments to expressly provide that the Legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as the counties, to issue housing infrastructure growth bonds for specified public works, public improvements, or other actions necessary for housing and community development, and exclude these bonds from determinations of the funded debt of the political subdivisions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 213).

    introduction, receipt

  2. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  3. Referred to EIG, JDC/WAM.

    referral-committee

  4. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1000-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

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

    passage

  6. Notice of a bill proposing constitutional amendment in the form of (HD 2) transmitted to Governor pursuant to Article XVII, Section 3.

  7. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hartsfield, Perruso; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-02-26.

    deferral

  9. Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  10. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  11. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 752-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  12. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

    referral-committee

  13. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Takayama, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Cochran; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Sayama.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-18-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  15. Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 140-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  16. 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

  17. 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, Kitagawa, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica.

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 02-06-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  19. Referred to HSG, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 6

    referral-committee

  20. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  21. Pending introduction.

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