RELATING TO HOUSING.
Summary
Establishes a statewide working group on affordable housing to foster increased inter-agency coordination on housing and zoning issues, raise public awareness of ongoing state and county efforts to reduce barriers to affordable housing development, and propose legislation. Requires an annual report to the legislature. Appropriates funds to support the statewide working group, including one full-time equivalent position. (CD1)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Apr 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2022
Last action Jul 12, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
51
Key actions
17
Committee
22
Amendments
3
Apr 29, 2022
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-03-22.
upper
Apr 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 69-22).
upper
Apr 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 69-22) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakamura, Tarnas, Johanson, Ilagan, Hashimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Apr 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Moriwaki, Misalucha, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-27-22 5:30PM in conference room 329.
lower
Apr 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-27-22 1:30PM in conference room 329.
lower
Apr 14, 2022
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
lower
Apr 12, 2022
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 798) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Apr 12, 2022
Upper · Passed
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Apr 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Misalucha, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 5, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-07-22 10:20AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Reported from HOU/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3458) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Gabbard.
upper
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Kanuha, Moriwaki, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HOU/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-22 1:30PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Committee
Referred to HOU/GVO, WAM.
upper
Mar 4, 2022
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 42).
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kapela, Perruso voting no (2) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, Todd excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Yamashita, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Sayama, Tam, Todd, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Perruso; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Wildberger voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Perruso voting no (1) and Representative(s) Eli, Kapela excused (2).
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 612-22), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Kong, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Committee
Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 51-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Branco, Ganaden, B. Kobayashi, Kong, Morikawa, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakamura, Hashimoto, Aquino, Clark, Ilagan, Kitagawa; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) LoPresti, Takumi, McDermott.
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to HSG/WAL, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
27 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cedric Gates
DDemocratic
P
Daniel Holt
DDemocratic
P
David Tarnas
DDemocratic
P
Dee Morikawa
DDemocratic
P
Gene Ward
RRepublican
P
Gregg Takayama
DDemocratic
P
Greggor Ilagan
DDemocratic
P
Henry Aquino
DDemocratic
P
Jackson Sayama
DDemocratic
P
JK
Jeanné Kapela
DDemocratic
P
Justin Woodson
DDemocratic
P
Kyle Yamashita
DDemocratic
P
LC
Linda Clark
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Kitagawa
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Marten
DDemocratic
P
Mark Hashem
DDemocratic
P
Mark Nakashima
DDemocratic
P
MS
Matthew S. LoPresti
DDemocratic
P
May Mizuno
DDemocratic
P
Nicole Lowen
DDemocratic
P
PP
Patrick Pihana Branco
DDemocratic
P
Richard Onishi
DDemocratic
P
Scot Matayoshi
DDemocratic
P
TO
Takashi Ohno
DDemocratic
P
TW
Tina Wildberger
DDemocratic
P
Troy Hashimoto
DDemocratic
P
TJ
Ty J.K. Cullen
DDemocratic
Co
Angus McKelvey
DDemocratic
Co
RM
Roy M. Takumi
DDemocratic
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