HR 64 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO ESTABLISH A MAKAKILO DRIVE EXTENSION TASK FORCE.

This bill urges the City and County of Honolulu to create a task force dedicated to advancing the Makakilo Drive extension project in west Oahu. The task force would include city officials and two local residents from west Oahu to coordinate planning, resolve regulatory delays, and ensure the project follows sustainability and transparency standards. Members would submit quarterly reports to city and state officials and the group would dissolve by June 2028 or after eight reports, whichever comes first.

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 12, 2026 Last action Apr 2, 2026

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MINOR

The bill was updated to clarify the task force's composition and reporting requirements. Key changes include renaming the task force, adding specific state legislators to the reporting audience, and setting a fixed end date for the task force in 2028.

Scope change

The scope of the task force's membership was expanded to include state legislators, and the reporting requirements were modified to include specific districts and a final termination date.

REQUIREMENT

The task force membership was reorganized to remove the Comptroller and Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority, while adding two residents of west Oahu and state agency representatives.

Reporting requirements were updated to include Senate District 22 and House District 43 legislators in addition to the City Council.

TIMELINE

A specific end date of June 30, 2028, or the submission of the eighth report, was added to limit the task force's lifespan.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

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. 1697-26) 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 20, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 20

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to TRN, WAL, referral sheet 18

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

To be offered.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors