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Committee passes several housing measures, notes appropriations and deferrals in March 18 session
Summary
After a long hearing, the committee passed multiple housing bills with amendments (including HB 1298, HB 417 HD1, HB 1409 HD1, HB 830 HD2, HB 732 HD2, HB 1097 HD1, HB 1325 HD3, HB 606 HD1) and deferred several others (HB 741, HB 1408, HB 826). Key fiscal notes: HB 417 committee report cites a $75,000,000 per‑year appropriation request; HB 606 committee report notes a requested appropriation of $50,000,000.
The March 18 session saw the Senate Committee on Housing (and, for some items, the Committee on Water and Land) take action on a slate of housing measures.
Actions and fiscal notes: The committee adopted the chair's recommendations to pass HB 12 98 (pass with technical amendments), HB 4 17 HD1 (rental housing revolving fund; pass with amendments and committee report note of a $75,000,000 per‑year appropriation request and a $75,000,000 subaccount transfer to an HCDA 99‑year leasehold project), and HB 14 09 HD1 (transit‑oriented development) with amendments. In deferred decision making, HB 5 76 HD2 (transfer restrictions under Chapter 201H) passed with amendments and HB 6 06 HD1 (Department of Hawaiian Homelands) passed unamended with the committee report noting a requested appropriation of $50,000,000. HB 10 97 (public housing evictions) was amended to reduce required storage of unclaimed tenant effects from 30 days to 14 days, with reservations noted about hardship concerns.
Deferrals and noteworthy votes: The committee deferred HB 7 41 HD2 (prevailing wage exemptions) after labor concerns; HB 14 08 (DHHL revolving fund use as collateral) was deferred. HB 8 26 (agricultural workforce housing) was deferred after testimony raising farmland and food‑security concerns. SCR 60/SR 45 and SCR 77/SR 60 (reports and credit eligibility for HHFDC projects) were passed with amendments directing expanded reporting and clarifications.
Procedure: Most measures were passed with chair and vice‑chair recorded as voting aye; a number of members were excused on some votes and several senators recorded reservations on specific items. Committee reports will note technical and substantive concerns for the record and request follow‑up information where agencies did not supply requested data during testimony.
Next steps: Bills that passed with amendments will move on for further legislative consideration; deferred measures may be reintroduced or reworked in committee.
