HB 1008 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS OF STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.

Summary

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to determine the effect of any proposed State affordable housing project within ninety days of a request for determination. Bases the historic review requirements on the project area's known or likely density of historic, cultural, and archaeological resources or previous identification of no significant historic properties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1008_HD1 → HB1008_HD2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill revision streamlines the criteria for archaeological reviews in affordable housing projects by removing the requirement for a prior 'inventory survey' in moderately sensitive areas, allowing projects to proceed based solely on the absence of known historic properties. It also corrects a grammatical error regarding survey conduct and clarifies that historic review requirements should be based on the known or likely density of resources rather than just past surveys. These changes aim to reduce administrative delays while maintaining protection for significant historic sites.

Scope change

The bill's applicability was broadened to allow projects in moderately sensitive areas to proceed without a mandatory prior inventory survey, provided no significant historic properties are known to exist.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the mandatory requirement for a prior archaeological inventory survey in moderately sensitive areas, allowing projects to proceed if no significant historic properties are previously identified.

Corrected a grammatical error changing 'survey is conduct' to 'survey is conducted' to ensure legal clarity.

DEFINITION

Updated the basis for historic review requirements to include 'known or likely density of resources' instead of relying solely on previous survey results.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and metadata updates including file version numbers, dates, and header identifiers.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Re-Referred to WLA/HOU, JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to WTL/HOU, JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 320).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kahaloa, Todd.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 592) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 211) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors