HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
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Rep. Luke A. Evslin, Chair |
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Rep. Tyson K. Miyake, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Elle Cochran |
Rep. Trish La Chica |
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Rep. Tina Nakada Grandinetti |
Rep. Christopher L. Muraoka |
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Rep. Darius K. Kila |
Rep. Elijah Pierick |
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Rep. Lisa Kitagawa |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025 |
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9:00 AM |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room #430 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Provides that a living beneficiary's place on the Department of Hawaiian Home Land's waitlist for any residential, agricultural or pastoral tract may be designated for transfer to a successor if the living beneficiary dies before receiving an offer for a tract; provided that the successor shall be at least 1/25 Hawaiian.
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HSG, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Includes any parcels owned by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority as areas that may be closed to the public. Specifies required signage.
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HSG, JHA |
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RELATING TO TENANT SELECTION. Repeals the tenant selection preferences for disabled veterans and the spouses of deceased veterans in the State Low-Income Housing Program.
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HSG, PBS, JHA |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING EVICTIONS. Reduces the time required to store unclaimed personal effects of an evicted tenant.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Amends section 356D-6.7, HRS, to include all Hawaii Public Housing Authority parcels as areas that may be closed to the public.
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HSG, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Clarifies the Hawaii Public Housing Authorityꞌs powers relating to housing projects.
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HSG, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to sell, donate, or dispose of property abandoned or seized in federal public housing projects. Requires the HPHA to notify the known owner of the abandoned or seized property. Creates procedures for persons entitled to the abandoned or seized property.
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HSG, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE STRENGTHEN HAWAII HOMES PROGRAM. Establishes the Strengthen Hawaii Homes Program to encourage single-family homeowners to retrofit their homes to resist damage by providing for grants to help offset the cost of retrofits. Appropriates funds.
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HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Repeals the provision authorizing farm dwellings and farm employee housing on important agricultural lands, amends the provision for priority permit processing to include farm cluster housing, and adopts a new provision establishing farm cluster housing to incentivize the designation of lands as important agricultural lands pursuant to chapter 205, HRS.
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HSG, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE HOUSING. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish an Agricultural Workforce Housing Working Group to address the shortage and challenges of agricultural workforce housing in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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HSG, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING. Establishes the Teacher Home Assistance Program to provide housing vouchers to certain eligible teachers. Appropriates funds out of the Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund.
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HSG, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Excludes a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of no more than two units, one in which the developer resides and one for which the initial sale of the other unit has been completed.
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HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS. Exempts state and county lands leased after July 1, 2025, for an initial period of not less than ninety-nine years from chapters 516 and 516D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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HSG, WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Amends the sunset date of Act 83, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to repeal section 46-19.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, on June 29, 2025.
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HSG, PBS, CPC |
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RELATING TO HOUSING RESILIENCY. Establishes the strengthen Hawaii homes program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to administer grants to retrofit residential properties located in historically vulnerable areas to enhance resilience against disaster impacts and reduce potential insurance liabilities. Establishes the strengthen Hawaii homes program special fund. Appropriates moneys from the special fund.
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HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Exempts certain projects funded by the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund from prevailing wages provisions.
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HSG, LAB, FIN |
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NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
The following measure(s) were previously heard on January 31, 2025. No public testimony will be accepted.
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RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. Amends responsibilities of the State Building Code Council.
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HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. Beginning 1/1/2028, makes the most recent Hawaii state building codes adopted by the state building code council supersede all existing county building codes and thereafter allows counties to remove requirements of the state building codes or add requirements to the state building codes only with prior council approval. Repeals the counties' authority to adopt, amend, and update the Hawaii state building codes for their respective county building codes.
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HSG, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE BUILDING CODES. Requires the counties to adopt the Hawaii state building codes no later than one year after its adoption. Authorizes a county with a population in excess of 500,000 to amend its building energy conservation code to require more stringent energy-saving performance.
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Luke A. Evslin Chair |
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