HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
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Rep. David A. Tarnas, Chair |
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Rep. Mahina Poepoe, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Gregg Takayama |
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Rep. Elle Cochran |
Rep. Chris Todd |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Diamond Garcia |
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Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa |
Rep. Garner M. Shimizu |
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Rep. Amy A. Perruso |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS OF STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to determine the effect of any proposed State affordable housing project within ninety days of a request for determination. Bases the historic review requirements on the project area's known or likely density of historic, cultural, and archaeological resources or previous identification of no significant historic properties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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HSG, WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Clarifies the Hawaii Public Housing Authorityꞌs powers relating to housing projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, PBS, JHA |
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RELATING TO HOUSING PREFERENCE. Allows the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to allow projects to grant preferences in the sale or lease of housing units to applicants who live or work within five miles of the project. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, JHA |
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RELATING TO BUILDING PERMITS. Allows for county permit exemptions for certain kinds of activities, including agricultural and maintenance activities. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, JHA |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Authorizes a county planning commission, by special permit, to permit land uses exclusively providing residential housing for agricultural workforce housing, long-term rental, or workforce fee simple ownership in an agricultural district, under certain conditions. Repeals 6/30/2035. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, JHA |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires developers developing an affordable housing project under HHFDC to assist certain tenants who are subject to displacement or eviction by the proposed project by: granting those tenants the right of first refusal of a comparable unit in the housing project at an affordable rate or establishing a fund to provide relocation benefits and offer assistance; providing information, either directly or through a contracted service, on how to obtain assistance and exercise the right of first refusal; and establishing procedures to track and maintain communication with those tenants. Establishes consequences for a developer's noncompliance. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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HSG, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER CHAPTER 201H, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Exempts transfers of Hawaiian Home Lands from transfer restrictions for real property under housing development programs of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, JHA |
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RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS. Exempts state and county lands leased after July 1, 2025, for an initial period of no less than ninety-nine years from state law governing residential leaseholds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO REMEDIES. Clarifies the applicability of the statute of repose for actions arising from construction defects. Specifies that a plaintiff's failure to plead with particularity the claim of fraudulent concealment, if the plaintiff raises the defense, subjects the plaintiff to liability for the costs incurred by the defendant, including attorneys' fees and costs. Clarifies the required contents of a notice of claim of construction defect served on a contractor. Amends the process and time frame for a claimant to accept a contractor's offer to settle or inspect and authorize the contractor to proceed with repairs. Limits the amount a claimant can recover if the claimant rejects a contractor's reasonable proposal for inspection or a reasonable offer to remedy. Clarifies the consequences of rejecting an offer of settlement. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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HSG, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO NUISANCES. Clarifies that the Department of Health has the legal authority and obligation to prevent and address nuisances that affect environmental health or public health, or both. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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RELATING TO EXCITED DELIRIUM. Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a medical examiner, coroner, or health care provider from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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RELATING TO VEHICULAR PURSUIT. Establishes a vehicular pursuit policy for law enforcement agencies. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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TRN, JHA |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes a statewide speed restriction for motor vehicles with three or more axles or motor vehicles weighing more than ten thousand pounds, except under certain circumstances, in a county with a population of five hundred thousand or more. Authorizes a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand to adopt an ordinance that establishes a speed restriction for motor vehicles with three or more axles or motor vehicles weighing more than ten thousand pounds. Establishes penalties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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________________________________________ Rep. David A. Tarnas Chair |
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