HB 1842 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Summary

Amends Act 289, SLH 2025, to replace the Senior Residence at Iwilei parcel with the Westridge parcel, repeal the designation of affected parcels as public lands, change the transfer date for the Alii Tower parcel to 12/31/2026, change the deadline for approval by the City and County of Honolulu to 12/31/2027, change the repeal date to 1/1/2028, and repeal reenactment language. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Apr 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1842_HD2 → HB1842_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the definition of 'public lands' to include new categories such as lands held by the stadium authority, school facilities authority, and the department of transportation, while removing the Senior Residence at Iwilei parcel from the list of affected properties. It also adjusts the timeline for the transfer of the Alii Tower parcel and modifies the conditions under which the Act would be repealed if the transfer is not finalized by the deadline.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of 'public lands' to include additional state agencies and entities, thereby altering which lands are subject to the transfer restrictions and public land status provisions in the Act.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'public lands' was expanded to include lands held by the stadium authority, school facilities authority, and department of transportation, and to exclude the Senior Residence at Iwilei parcel.

TIMELINE

The deadline for the City and County of Honolulu to finalize the transfer of the Alii Tower parcel was adjusted, and the repeal date for the Act was modified to January 1, 2028, if the transfer is not completed.

REQUIREMENT

The bill now includes language requiring the return of lands to the public land trust if they are no longer needed for housing finance or stadium development purposes.

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

Amendments

Apr 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.

lower

Apr 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.

lower

Apr 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.

lower

Apr 16, 2026

Amended

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 628) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, Inouye, McKelvey, Rhoads, Richards. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, Inouye ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

upper

Apr 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

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 WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3246) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Chang, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Re-Referred to WLA, WAM.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to WLA, WAM/JDC.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 161).

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 711-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Ichiyama, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe.

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 117-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Feb 4, 2026

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, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Muraoka; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to HSG, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors