HB 738 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Summary

Creates a process for expediting the review of majority-residential mixed-use transit-oriented development or residential transit-oriented development on certain parcels within county-designated transit-oriented development zones that have a low risk of affecting historically significant resources. Authorizes lead agencies, including county governments, to make determinations on the potential effects of a project. Creates a ninety-day limit, or thirty-day if no historic property is to be affected, to concur or not concur with project effect determinations. Exempts projects with written concurrence from further review unless there is a change to the project or additional historic properties, aviation artifacts, or burial sites are identified within the project area. Establishes notice and reporting requirements if there is a change to the project or additional historic properties, aviation artifacts, or burial sites are identified within the project area after the initial written concurrence. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB738_HD1 → HB738_HD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill revision clarifies the definition of 'majority-residential mixed-use transit-oriented development' to ensure consistent terminology throughout the statute. It updates the bill's internal tracking numbers and dates to reflect its progression from the first to the second House of Representatives reading. Additionally, it renumbers the bill's sections to maintain proper legislative order.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on expediting the review of specific transit-oriented developments, but the language has been tightened to remove conditional phrasing ('as long as') and replace it with a precise definition.

DEFINITION

The phrase 'as long as a majority of the mixed-use transit-oriented development is residential' was replaced with the formal definition 'majority-residential mixed-use transit-oriented development' to create a clear, standalone term used consistently in the text.

TECHNICAL

Internal bill metadata, including the clerk number, page count, and timestamp dates, were updated to reflect the document's revision from HD1 to HD2.

The section numbers were renumbered sequentially (e.g., from Section 2 to Section 3, and so on) to correct the legislative numbering after the initial reading.

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 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 600) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 239) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Muraoka, Pierick; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAL, HSG, JHA, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

9 primary · 1 co-sponsor