Bill Sponsor
Hawaii House Bill 1823
Session 2026
Relating To The Coastal Zone Management Act.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on Jun 4, 2026
First Action
Jan 22, 2026
Latest Action
Jun 4, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1823
State
Hawaii
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
House Votes (3)
Senate Votes (5)
Motion Text
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.
House Roll Call Votes
Summary
Applies a definition of "development" to special management areas within counties with a population between one hundred fifty thousand and two hundred thousand to exempt from special management area use permit requirements all activities that are not included within the definition, including certain federal-, state-, or county-funded, authorized, or implemented infrastructure and improvement projects that are exempt from an environmental assessment or for which a finding of no significant impact has been issued. Sunsets 6/30/2030. (CD2)
06/04/2026
Senate
Act 070, 06/03/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1170).
06/04/2026
House
Act 070, on 06/03/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1170).
05/08/2026
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Garcia, Grandinetti, Hartsfield, Hussey, Iwamoto, Kapela, Matsumoto, Olds, Perruso, Pierick, Poepoe, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza, Tam voting no (18) and none excused (0).
05/08/2026
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) McKelvey). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) San Buenaventura).
05/08/2026
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 820).
05/08/2026
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 889).
05/08/2026
House
Transmitted to Governor.
05/06/2026
House
Floor Amendment No. 7 offered by Rep. Hashem.
05/06/2026
House
Floor amendment adopted as amended CD 2 with none voting no and none excused.
05/06/2026
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday 05-08-26.
05/06/2026
Senate
Floor Amendment No. 14 offered.
05/06/2026
Senate
Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2).
05/06/2026
Senate
Separated Committee Report.
05/06/2026
Senate
Report filed.
05/06/2026
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 05-08-26
04/29/2026
House
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Tarnas, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
04/29/2026
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) Lee, C., Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto.
04/29/2026
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 88-26) as amended in (CD 1).
04/29/2026
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday 05-06-26.
04/29/2026
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 88-26).
04/29/2026
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
04/28/2026
Senate
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-29-26 9:01AM; Conference Room 229.
04/27/2026
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Rhoads Co-Chair; Hashimoto.
04/27/2026
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 782).
04/21/2026
House
House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Shimizu.
04/21/2026
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799).
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: Senator(s) Inouye. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
04/14/2026
House
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 626) in amended form (SD 2).
04/10/2026
Senate
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3793) 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 WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3364) 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.
03/23/2026
Senate
The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Chang, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.
03/20/2026
Senate
The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
03/12/2026
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 292).
03/12/2026
Senate
Passed First Reading.
03/12/2026
Senate
Referred to WLA, JDC.
03/10/2026
House
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Grandinetti, Hussey, Iwamoto, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (6) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
03/06/2026
House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1191-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
03/06/2026
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
02/24/2026
House
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Belatti, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran, Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Poepoe; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Garcia.
02/20/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
02/12/2026
House
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 242-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
02/12/2026
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and none excused (0).
02/05/2026
House
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Ichiyama, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Poepoe, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto.
02/02/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
01/26/2026
House
Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1
01/23/2026
House
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
01/22/2026
House
Pending introduction.
Sources
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Jan 23, 2026 6:12:22 AM
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Jun 5, 2026 6:26:12 AM