HR 111 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH AN INDIRECT TRAFFIC DISRUPTION GRANT PROGRAM.

This legislative resolution requests the Hawaii Department of Transportation to create a grant program that provides financial assistance to property owners and small businesses affected by unplanned road closures, detours, or utility disruptions caused by state or county roadwork. The program would offer grants to those who can demonstrate loss of property access, prolonged detours, or verifiable revenue loss due to these disruptions, with eligibility determined by factors such as the duration and severity of the roadwork and the economic impact on the applicant. The Department of Transportation is asked to work with county governments to administer the program for joint roadwork projects and to submit a progress report to the Legislature by the start of the 2027 session detailing the number of applications, grants awarded, and process timelines.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 16, 2026 Last action Apr 2, 2026

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HR111 → HR111_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated from a House Committee Draft to the first House Reading version, primarily correcting a typo in the list of counties receiving copies of the resolution and reordering the counties alphabetically. Additionally, the text was formatted to use all capital letters for the main purpose statement, and minor punctuation adjustments were made to the list of required report details. These changes are technical and formatting in nature, ensuring the document is ready for official legislative review without altering the bill's substantive policy, funding, or eligibility criteria.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the list of recipient counties in the resolution transmission clause, changing the order from 'Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai' to 'Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui'.

Changed the main purpose statement from sentence case to all capital letters for consistency with legislative formatting standards.

Adjusted punctuation in the required report items, adding 'The' to item (2) and splitting item (3) into two lines for clarity.

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This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1683-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 31, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Cochran, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors