HB 1593 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Summary

Requires, for any affordable rental housing development project that receives financing or any financial assistance from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, that the Corporation require the housing development lease or occupancy agreement to allow residents to own or otherwise maintain one or more common household pets. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1593 → HB1593_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to update formatting and dates, most notably changing the effective date from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder. The definition of a 'common household pet' was slightly refined to use the word 'companionship' instead of 'pleasure'.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on affordable housing and pet policies, but the effective date change significantly delays when the new rules apply.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'common household pet' was updated to specify animals kept for 'companionship' rather than 'pleasure'.

TECHNICAL

Various metadata fields, including file names, page numbers, and timestamps, were updated to reflect House Draft 1 status.

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

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to HOU, WAM/JDC.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 248).

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 576-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to HSG, CPC, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors