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House Human Services committee advances multiple resolutions; two deferred
Summary
On April 1 the House Committee on Human Services and Homelessness advanced or passed a slate of House concurrent resolutions on housing, aging, homelessness and public safety; HCR 113 and HCR 184 were deferred and several other measures were passed or moved forward.
The House Committee on Human Services and Homelessness met April 1, 2026, and voted on a series of House concurrent resolutions addressing permitting for medical home modifications, state-hospital access, kapuna-friendly permitting, foster-family access for private-pay individuals, a place-based plan for the Waiʻanae Coast, Native Hawaiian beneficiary pathways, strengthened anti–human trafficking enforcement, a universal basic income feasibility study and an auditor study on cognitive-assessment insurance coverage.
Key committee outcomes:
- HCR 8 / HR 7 (expedited county processing for medically prescribed home modifications): Moved forward; recorded ayes included the chair and vice chair and Representatives Keohokalole, Takayama, Takinouchi, Alcos and Garcia; Representatives Amato and Hartsfield were excused.
- HCR 32 / HR 32 (access to Hawaii State Hospital for certain criminal defendants): Moved forward without amendment.
- HCR 79 / HR 73 (kapuna-friendly building-permit requirements): Passed with HD1 for clarity, consistency and style.
- HCR 113 / HR 105 (DHS to convene task force on private-pay foster-family access): Deferred after committee discussion suggesting some of the work may already be underway.
- HCR 116 / HR 108 (place-based behavioral health and homelessness response for the Waiʻanae Coast): Passed as is.
- HCR 123 / HR 115 (support and stabilization pathways for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries): Passed as is.
- HCR 133 / HR 125 (strengthen law-enforcement capacity to combat human trafficking): Moved forward with HD1.
- HCR 184 / HR 174 (feasibility study on guaranteed universal basic income): Deferred due to time constraints and a request that the Legislative Reference Bureau take the lead.
- HCR 20 (auditor to assess mandating insurance coverage for brief cognitive assessments for older adults): Passed unamended; Representative Matson recorded a reservation.
The committee adjourned following the series of actions. Where roll-call votes were recorded in the transcript, the article lists the named members; where the transcript reports only the chair’s recommendation being adopted, no detailed roll-call tally was provided.
