SB 152 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Summary

Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to utilize funds in the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund as collateral when DHHL is an eligible borrower of a loan guaranteed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, subject to approval of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Appropriates funds. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Governor

Introduced Jan 10, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB152 → SB152_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a Senate bill (SB) to a Senate Committee Draft (SD1) version, with the main substantive change being the addition of Section 4, which appropriates $75 million from the dwelling unit revolving fund for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to use as collateral for loans. The bill also clarifies that appropriated funds must be expended by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation as the entity responsible for expending the appropriated funds, and the funding source was clarified to include money from the dwelling unit revolving fund itself.

FISCAL

Added Section 4 appropriating $75 million from the dwelling unit revolving fund for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to support the department's use of the fund as loan collateral.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that appropriated sums must be expended by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for the purposes of this Act.

TECHNICAL

Changed document format from Senate bill text to Senate Committee Draft template with metadata headers and summary descriptions.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from HOU/HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 470) 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 HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, San Buenaventura, Keohokalole, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara.

upper

Jan 30, 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; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HOU/HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to HOU/HWN, WAM.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 10, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

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6 primary · 0 co-sponsors