HB 2294 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND TRANSFER.

Summary

Amends Act 307, SLH 2022, to revise tax map key numbers and the conveyance process by which identified properties are to be conveyed to the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2294_HD1 → HB2294_HD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from House Bill 2294 HD1 to HD2, indicating it has moved to the second House committee reading. The author of the bill changed from Jeremy Patton to Michael Ganoot. The effective date for the bill's provisions remains July 1, 3000, and the core statutory text regarding property conveyance appears largely unchanged, though minor formatting adjustments were made to the description of new statutory material.

TECHNICAL

The bill's identifier was updated from HD1 to HD2, reflecting its progression through the legislative process to the second House committee reading.

The bill author was changed from Jeremy Patton to Michael Ganoot.

Minor text adjustments were made to the description of how new statutory material is presented (underscoring) and the name of the bureau of conveyances.

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 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDU/WLA, WAM.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 199).

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 3, 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, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Reyes Oda; 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 none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 704-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 203-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDN, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors