HR 118 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IN COORDINATION WITH THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING STATE-OWNED OR STATE-CONTROLLED WAREHOUSE AND LOGISTICS FACILITIES NEAR PORTS, HARBORS, AND AIRPORTS TO REDUCE MATERIAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLICLY FINANCED HOUSING PROJECTS.

This bill is a House Resolution that asks the Hawaii Department of Transportation to work with the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to form a working group. The group will study whether the state should own or control warehouse and logistics facilities near ports, harbors, and airports to lower material costs for publicly funded housing projects. The working group will examine potential sites, cost savings from centralized storage, bulk purchasing options, and whether any laws need to change to implement these ideas. The group must include representatives from transportation, housing agencies, contractors, and legislative committees, and will submit its findings to the Legislature by early 2027.

Issues: ✓ Housing

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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What changed between versions

HR118 → HR118_HD1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from HR 118 to HD 1 and updated with new dates, shifting the focus from a single chairperson to a dual leadership structure with two Co-Chairpersons. The membership of the working group was significantly altered to include a representative from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the General Contractors Association, while removing the Pacific Resource Partnership representative and the House Housing Committee chairperson. These changes broaden the stakeholder representation to include land trust interests and construction industry perspectives while reducing direct legislative committee oversight.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands as a key stakeholder and shifted the leadership model from a single chair to a co-chair system involving the Department of Transportation and the Housing Finance Corporation.

REQUIREMENT

The working group leadership changed from a single Chairperson to two Co-Chairpersons, one from the Department of Transportation and one from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

The inclusion of the Chairperson of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Housing as a working group member was removed.

The General Contractors Association of Hawaii representative was moved to a new slot and now serves under the Co-Chairpersons instead of the original Chairperson.

ELIGIBILITY

A new member slot was added for a representative from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, invited by the Co-Chairpersons.

The requirement for a representative from the Pacific Resource Partnership was removed from the working group membership.

TIMELINE

The bill's introduction date and related metadata were updated from 2026 to 2000, and the bill number was changed from HR 118 to HD 1.

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

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from TRN/HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1786-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

lower

Mar 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Cochran; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick.

lower

Mar 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, Cochran; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick.

lower

Mar 20, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to TRN/HSG, referral sheet 20

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to TRN, HSG, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors