HB 1919 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

HB 1919 prohibits counties from requiring minimum parking spaces for certain new developments starting July 1, 2027. It directly affects counties and developers building projects like residential, commercial, or mixed-use properties that fall under the bill's scope. The key provision removes a common requirement that often increases construction costs and land use for such projects. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2027, with a noted but likely erroneous "effective 7/1/3000" date in the abstract.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1919_HD2 → HB1919_HD3 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from HD2 to HD3 and updated with a new title, 'Parking Reform and Modernization Act.' The primary policy change expands the bill's scope by adding a specific provision to limit the maximum number of parking stalls required for developments that do not qualify for the new exemption. This ensures that while some developments are freed from minimum parking mandates, others still face capped requirements to prevent excessive parking construction.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include limits on maximum parking requirements for developments not covered by the exemption, whereas the previous version only addressed prohibiting mandates for specific developments.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from H.D. 2 to H.D. 3 and associated metadata dates were updated.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new title for the Act and modified the legislative findings to reflect the dual purpose of prohibiting mandates for certain developments and limiting requirements for others.

Renamed Section 1 to include the new Act title and moved the original findings to a new Section 2.

Updated Section 3 to clarify that the Act both prohibits mandates for certain developments and limits the maximum parking requirements for other developments.

Amended the text of the parking mandate prohibition to include a cap on the number of stalls required for developments not exempted under subsection (a).

TIMELINE

Updated the description to reflect that the Act now limits parking requirements for other developments in addition to prohibiting them for certain ones.

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 26, 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, Hashem, Kahaloa, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Sayama, Takayama; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 712-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe.

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 118-26) 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, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Cochran; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Committee

Referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

15 primary · 1 co-sponsor