HB 1923 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UTILITIES.

Summary

Requires county boards of water supply to publicly disclose through their website service connection availability for residential permitting and construction. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Feb 11, 2026

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HB1923 → HB1923_HD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to reduce the regulatory burden on water utilities by simplifying the required maps from detailed GIS data to general descriptions. It also delays the implementation deadline from 2027 to 2029 and adds a new process for obtaining conditional water clearance.

Scope change

The scope of required map detail was narrowed to exclude parcel-by-parcel data and specific utility asset lists, while the applicability of the new conditional clearance process was added for parcel owners.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the requirement for water supply maps from detailed GIS reference maps to general descriptions that do not need to list specific utility assets or provide parcel-by-parcel data.

Added a new provision requiring the board to create a website process for parcel owners to request a conditional clearance for water availability based on the published maps.

Added a new provision allowing the board to include a disclaimer stating that the map data is preliminary and not a final permit determination.

TIMELINE

Extended the deadline for publishing water service maps from July 1, 2027, to January 1, 2029.

ELIGIBILITY

Refined the definition of eligible residential dwellings to specifically include expansions proposed for at least one to four housing units per parcel.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 141-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Feb 6, 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, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica.

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

20 primary · 0 co-sponsors