HB 1318 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Summary

Removes from the definition of "public lands" lands set aside by the Governor to the counties for the purpose of affordable housing. Specifies that lands set aside by the Governor to the counties for affordable housing require legislative approval for the sale or gift of such lands. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1318_HD1 → HB1318_HD2 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated from House Draft 1 to House Draft 2, reflecting revisions made during the legislative process. The most significant policy change is the addition of a requirement that county-managed affordable housing lands must be administered under the same public trust fiduciary duties as the state board. This ensures that these specific lands are managed with the same level of care and obligation as other state lands.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding land management was expanded to explicitly include public trust fiduciary duties for county-managed affordable housing lands.

REQUIREMENT

Added a mandate that lands set aside for affordable housing by the governor must be managed by counties pursuant to the same public trust fiduciary duties and obligations as the board.

TECHNICAL

Updated internal bill tracking metadata, including revision numbers, line counts, and timestamps, to reflect the transition from Draft 1 to Draft 2.

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 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 713) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe, Woodson.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 222) 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, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSG,WAL, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors