Hawaii Senate Bill 38
Session 2025
Relating To Housing.
Became Law
Became Law on Jul 3, 2025
Sponsors
First Action
Jan 8, 2025
Latest Action
Jul 3, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
38
State
Hawaii
Session
2025
Motion Text
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
Senate Roll Call Votes
Summary
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide counties with an opportunity to comment on certain housing development projects. Prohibits the legislative body of a county from imposing stricter conditions than the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, stricter area median income requirements, or a reduction in fee waivers to housing development proposals that would increase the cost of the project. (CD1)
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07/03/2025
Senate
Act 294, 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1397).
07/03/2025
House
Act 294, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1397).
06/06/2025
Senate
Notice of Intent to veto dated 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301)
06/06/2025
House
Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301)
05/02/2025
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).
05/02/2025
Senate
Enrolled to Governor.
05/01/2025
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).
04/30/2025
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, Fevella, Kim, McKelvey, Moriwaki. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Ihara). Excused, 0 (none).
04/30/2025
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Perruso, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Grandinetti, Hussey, Iwamoto, Olds, Poepoe voting no (7) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).
04/24/2025
Senate
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Rhoads, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
04/24/2025
House
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Tarnas, La Chica, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Muraoka.
04/24/2025
Senate
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Rhoads, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
04/24/2025
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 77).
04/24/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
04/24/2025
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 77) as amended in (CD 1).
04/24/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
04/23/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.
04/22/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 10:31AM; Conference Room 224.
04/21/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.
04/21/2025
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 848).
04/15/2025
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).
04/14/2025
House
House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Tarnas Co-Chairs; La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka.
04/10/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 626).
04/10/2025
Senate
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
04/10/2025
House
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).
04/08/2025
House
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Belatti, Grandinetti voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Amato, Garcia, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Muraoka, Olds, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (10) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
04/04/2025
House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2040) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
04/04/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
04/02/2025
House
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Poepoe, Perruso, Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
03/28/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 04-02-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/18/2025
House
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1361) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
03/18/2025
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
03/14/2025
House
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Grandinetti; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick.
03/11/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 03-14-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/06/2025
House
Pass First Reading
03/06/2025
House
Referred to HSG, JHA, referral sheet 19
03/04/2025
Senate
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, Fevella, McKelvey, Moriwaki, Richards. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
03/04/2025
House
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 70) in amended form (SD 2).
02/27/2025
Senate
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 737) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
02/27/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
02/20/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.
02/18/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-20-25 10:01AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
02/03/2025
Senate
Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 6) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
02/03/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
01/28/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Aquino, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
01/23/2025
Senate
Re-Referred to HOU, JDC.
01/22/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
01/16/2025
Senate
Referred to HOU/EIG, JDC.
01/15/2025
Senate
Introduced and passed First Reading.
01/08/2025
Senate
Pending Introduction.
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Record Created
Jan 10, 2025 12:12:25 AM
Record Updated
Dec 18, 2025 9:35:55 AM