HB 743 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY.

Summary

Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop a model that assesses the fiscal impacts of land use development projects and regional infrastructure investments. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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HB743 → HB743_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to correct a clerical error in the effective date, changing it from the year 3000 to July 1, 2025, ensuring the legislation becomes active as intended. Additionally, the text was cleaned up to remove redundant formatting and minor phrasing adjustments were made to the committee composition and funding descriptions.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was corrected from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2025, fixing a likely typo that would have prevented the law from ever taking effect.

REQUIREMENT

The description of the Fiscal Sustainability Steering Committee was slightly refined to clarify the roles of the director of taxation and their designee.

FISCAL

Minor wording changes were made in the funding sections to specify that the appropriated funds are for hiring 'one' full-time equivalent planner rather than 'a' planner, clarifying the scope of the hiring authority.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 710) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe, Woodson.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

15 primary · 0 co-sponsors