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Hawaii 2026

SB 2671

RELATING TO ESSENTIAL PERMITTING POSITIONS.

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

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Counties, Differential Payments, Permit Processing, Pilot Program, Reports, Salaries
Introduced / first action
2026-01-23 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Authorizes the mayor of each county to implement a pilot program to improve the speed, accountability, and quality of permit processing within that county through targeted staffing, performance incentives, and interdepartmental competition. Authorizes increased pay for certain permitting positions and requires county personnel departments to prioritize the hiring of permitting positions as part of the pilot program. Requires participating county mayors and county agencies to establish goals for the pilot program. Requires participating county agencies to submit quarterly reports to the respective county councils on the pilot program. Sunsets the pilot project on 6/30/2030. (CD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 119, 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219).

    became-law, executive-signature

  2. Act 119, on 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219).

    became-law, executive-signature

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

    receipt

  4. Enrolled to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

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

    passage

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

    receipt

  8. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Sayama, Hussey, Tam, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 191-26).

  11. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  12. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 191-26) as amended in (CD 1).

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

  14. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 10:45AM; Conference Room 325.

  15. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 10:45AM; Conference Room 325.

  16. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 762).

    receipt

  17. Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; Fevella.

  18. Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-28-26 10:45AM; Conference Room 325.

  19. House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Sayama, Hussey Co-Chairs; Tam, Gedeon.

  20. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    receipt

  21. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 518).

    introduction, receipt

  22. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  23. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 564).

    receipt

  24. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2001-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  25. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  26. 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, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26.

    deferral

  28. Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  30. Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1469-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  31. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).

    referral-committee

  32. The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1283-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  35. Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-24-26 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  36. The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. Pass First Reading

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  38. Referred to ECD, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 17

    referral-committee

  39. Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 03-18-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

    passage

  41. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 280) in amended form (SD 1).

    introduction, receipt

  42. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2971) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  43. One Day Notice 03-10-26.

  44. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  45. The committee(s) on WAM has rescheduled its decision making to 03-05-26 12:04PM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

  46. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-05-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  47. Reported from EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2176) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  49. The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  50. The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  51. Referred to EIG, WAM.

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  52. Passed First Reading.

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  53. Introduced.

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