SB 1235 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Summary

Establishes within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation the Government Employee Housing Program. Establishes the Government Employee Housing Revolving Fund. Clarifies eligibility for the Government Housing Revolving Fund and Government Employee Housing Program. Appropriates funds. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1235 → SB1235_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative draft to a structured system-generated document (SD1) with metadata headers. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including the creation of a government employee housing program, a revolving fund for financing, and appropriations for planning and staffing.

Scope change

No substantive change in scope or applicability; the bill still establishes a housing program for state and county employees on state-owned land.

TECHNICAL

Removed original Senate header and page numbers; added system-generated metadata including bill ID, timestamps, and template revision numbers.

Replaced original section numbering with a structured format containing metadata fields (e.g., 'SMA', 'Bill SD') and removed page footers.

POLICY

All substantive policy provisions, including definitions, eligibility criteria, funding amounts, and effective dates, remain identical to the original version.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from HOU/LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 563) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 6, 2025

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, Hashimoto, Aquino, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara.

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HOU/LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to HOU/LBT, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors