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Hawaii 2026

HCR 98

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND LAND MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO DEVELOP A COUNTYWIDE HOUSING PATTERN BOOK TO STREAMLINE PERMIT APPROVALS AND REDUCE REGULATORY BARRIERS FOR SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND WELL-DESIGNED HOMES.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
concurrent resolution
Subjects
City and County of Honolulu, Housing Pattern Book, Streamlined Permitting
Introduced / first action
2026-03-12 00:00:00

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. House agrees to Senate amendment(s).

  2. Adopted as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hussey, Kong, Quinlan excused (3).

    passage

  3. Resolution adopted in final form.

    passage

  4. Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 891).

    receipt

  5. One (1) day notice, Friday, 05-08-26.

  6. Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  7. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 749) in amended form (SD 1).

  8. Reported from EIG/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3896) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

  9. One Day Notice 04-24-26.

  10. The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Elefante, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. The committee(s) on EIG/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 04-16-26 1:30PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  13. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 556).

    introduction, receipt

  14. Referred to EIG/HOU.

    referral-committee

  15. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1856-26), recommending adoption.

  16. Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

    passage

  17. Transmitted to Senate.

  18. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. Resolution scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:00AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  20. Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1653-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to WAL.

  21. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on WAL as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    referral-committee

  22. The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Cochran; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. Resolution scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 03-27-26 9:30AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  24. Referred to HSG, WAL, referral sheet 18

    referral-committee

  25. Offered

    introduction

  26. To be offered.