Bill Sponsor
Hawaii Senate Bill 66
Session 2025
Relating To Housing.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on Jul 3, 2025
First Action
Jan 8, 2025
Latest Action
Jul 3, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
66
State
Hawaii
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Cosponsor
Senate Votes (6)
House Votes (4)
Motion Text
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
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Roll call vote details are unavailable for Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
Summary
Establishes procedures and requirements for single-family and multi-family housing project applicants to apply for an expedited permit, including requirements for completeness of expedited permit applications, duties of licensed professionals and the counties during construction, and applications for owner-builder exemptions. Takes effect 7/1/2026. Sunsets 6/30/2031. (CD1)
07/03/2025
Senate
Act 295, 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1398).
07/03/2025
House
Act 295, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1398).
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, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).
04/30/2025
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto, Perruso voting no (2) 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: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Gabbard; 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: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Lamosao, Tarnas, Miyake, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
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: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Gabbard; 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. 78).
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. 78) 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
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 795).
04/22/2025
House
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 10:32AM in conference room 224.
04/21/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Gabbard Co-Chair; Fevella.
04/21/2025
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 848).
04/21/2025
House
House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Lamosao, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Miyake, Pierick.
04/08/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 565).
04/08/2025
Senate
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
04/08/2025
House
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774).
04/04/2025
House
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Grandinetti, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
04/02/2025
House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1768) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
04/02/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-04-25.
03/27/2025
House
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Belatti, Perruso, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
03/25/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/21/2025
House
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1488) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.
03/21/2025
House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
03/20/2025
House
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.
03/17/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 03-20-25 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/14/2025
House
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1273) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
03/14/2025
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
03/12/2025
House
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
03/07/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/06/2025
House
Pass First Reading
03/06/2025
House
Referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 19
03/04/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
03/04/2025
House
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 75) in amended form (SD 2).
02/28/2025
Senate
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 991) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
02/28/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
02/19/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.
02/14/2025
Senate
Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 561) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
02/14/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
02/14/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
02/11/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Aquino, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
02/07/2025
Senate
Re-Referred to HOU, JDC.
02/07/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 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 12:12:37 AM
Record Updated
Dec 18, 2025 9:56:02 AM