SB 73 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO COUNTY PERMITS.

Summary

Requires county permitting agencies to establish and fill positions exclusively to process permit applications submitted for state projects. Appropriates funds. Effective 5/13/2040. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

SB73 → SB73_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated from an original version to a Senate District 1 amendment, which changed the effective date of the law from July 1, 2025, to May 13, 2040. This delay significantly postpones when the requirement for counties to hire dedicated staff for state project permits becomes active. The amendment also corrected a grammatical error in the summary, changing 'An appropriation' to 'Appropriates funds' to clarify that money is being allocated.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the requirement for counties to establish positions for state project permits remains the same, but the timeline for implementation has been extended by over 15 years.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025, to May 13, 2040, delaying when the new staffing requirements must be implemented.

TECHNICAL

The summary text was corrected to change 'An appropriation' to 'Appropriates funds' for grammatical accuracy and clarity.

Administrative metadata, including bill numbers, revision codes, and timestamps, were updated to reflect the new Senate District 1 version.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 211) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 3:02PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to EIG, WAM.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 8, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors