Hawaii House Bill 1737
Session 2026
Relating To Farm Employee Housing.
Became Law
Became Law on May 26, 2026
First Action
Jan 20, 2026
Latest Action
May 26, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1737
State
Hawaii
Session
2026
LEE
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Primary
M.
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Primary
Motion Text
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.
House Roll Call Votes
Summary
Clarifies the allowable uses within agricultural districts with respect to farm dwellings and farm employee housing. (CD1)
HB1737_CD1
HB1737_SD2
HB1737_HD3
HB1737_SD1
HB1737_HD2
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05/26/2026
Senate
Act 034, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134).
05/26/2026
House
Act 034, on 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134).
05/08/2026
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
05/07/2026
House
Transmitted to Governor.
05/06/2026
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Amato, Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Marten, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (4) and none excused (0).
05/05/2026
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814).
05/01/2026
House
Deferred one day 05-06-26.
05/01/2026
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga).
04/29/2026
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 25-26) as amended in (CD 1).
04/29/2026
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26.
04/29/2026
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 25-26).
04/29/2026
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26
04/27/2026
House
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Hashem, Chun, Tarnas, Cochran; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
04/27/2026
Senate
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Chang, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
04/24/2026
House
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 10:20AM in conference room 224.
04/23/2026
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 810).
04/22/2026
House
House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Chun, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Cochran.
04/20/2026
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Chang, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Awa.
04/20/2026
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 713).
04/17/2026
Senate
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
04/16/2026
House
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
04/14/2026
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.
04/14/2026
House
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 615) in amended form (SD 2).
04/10/2026
Senate
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3768) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
04/10/2026
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
04/09/2026
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
04/02/2026
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
03/30/2026
Senate
Reported from AEN/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3219) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
03/30/2026
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
03/18/2026
Senate
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, Elefante.
03/18/2026
Senate
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
03/13/2026
Senate
The committee(s) on AEN/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
03/12/2026
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 276).
03/12/2026
Senate
Passed First Reading.
03/12/2026
Senate
Referred to AEN/HOU, JDC.
03/10/2026
House
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
03/06/2026
House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1195-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
03/06/2026
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
03/04/2026
House
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.
02/27/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-04-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
02/20/2026
House
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 599-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.
02/20/2026
House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Perruso voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
02/18/2026
House
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
02/13/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
02/11/2026
House
Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 179-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
02/11/2026
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
02/06/2026
House
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
02/06/2026
House
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Woodson.
02/03/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG/WAL on Friday, 02-06-26 8:45AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
01/26/2026
House
Referred to HSG/WAL, AGR, JHA, referral sheet 1
01/21/2026
House
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
01/20/2026
House
Prefiled.
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HI Legislature
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Record Created
Jan 21, 2026 8:56:14 AM
Record Updated
May 27, 2026 6:31:21 AM