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Hawaii 2026

HB 2478

RELATING TO BONDS.

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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
Counties, County Debt Limit Statements, Housing Infrastructure Growth Bonds
Introduced / first action
2026-01-27 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Authorizes the counties to implement housing infrastructure growth bonds. Conforms county debt limit statements law to permit counties to exclude housing infrastructure growth bonds from the debt limit of the counties if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of housing infrastructure growth bonds and excluding housing infrastructure growth bonds from determinations of the counties' funded debt is ratified. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 214).

    introduction, receipt

  2. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  3. Referred to EIG, WAM.

    referral-committee

  4. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1001-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  5. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

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

    committee-passage-favorable

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

    deferral

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

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

  10. Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 332-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  11. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lee, M., Poepoe excused (3).

    reading-2, referral-committee

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

    committee-passage-favorable

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

  14. Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 6

    referral-committee

  15. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  16. Pending introduction.

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