HB 1732 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Summary

Establishes the Kamaaina Homes Pilot Program within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide funding to a county, to be designated by the Corporation, to purchase voluntary deed restrictions from eligible homebuyers. Sunsets 6/30/2032. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1732_HD2 → HB1732_SD1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to change the Kamaaina Homes Program into a 'Pilot Program' with stricter eligibility and funding rules. The program now targets only one specific county designated by the corporation rather than all counties, and the annual funding cap was reduced from $20 million to $2 million. Additionally, the funding source was switched from the dwelling unit revolving fund to the rental housing revolving fund, and new rules were added to ensure deed restrictions remain with homes owned by local workers.

Scope change

The program's scope was narrowed from a statewide initiative available to all counties to a pilot program limited to a single county designated by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

SCOPE

The program title was changed to 'Kamaaina Homes Pilot Program' and is now limited to a single county designated by the corporation, rather than being available to all counties.

FISCAL

The annual funding cap was reduced from $20,000,000 to $2,000,000, and the funding source was changed from the dwelling unit revolving fund to the rental housing revolving fund.

REQUIREMENT

Funding allocation rules were tightened to require the county to match every $1 of state funding with at least $3 of local funding, and counties must now prove properties are in neighborhoods where local workers are at risk of displacement.

ELIGIBILITY

New criteria were added to ensure that subsequent homebuyers of deed-restricted homes are U.S. citizens or resident aliens, domiciled in Hawaii, and own no other property with a deed restriction under this program.

ENFORCEMENT

The bill now explicitly allows the corporation or county to sue homeowners who violate deed restrictions and seize 50% of the property's appreciated value at the time of sale.

TIMELINE

The sunset date for the program was updated to June 30, 2032, and the effective date was corrected from the year 3000 to 2025.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3329) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Elefante, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Mar 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 16, 2026

Committee

Re-Referred to HOU, WAM.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to HOU/EIG, WAM.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 151).

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hussey, Perruso, Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 740-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Takayama.

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 114-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to HSG, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

18 primary · 0 co-sponsors