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HB1700HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Housing.

Last status update Mar 6, 2026

What this measure contains

Includes housing projects for individuals with disabilities and individuals with access and functional needs as eligible projects to apply for expedited permits. Requires reports to the Legislature. Repeals 6/30/2031. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

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  • SB2270— Same As

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How this measure moved

Legislative path

Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.

  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by WAL
  3. SD1by HHS

Companion measure: SB2270. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. House HSG committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    9 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House WAL committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    8 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

  3. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    50 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  4. House JHA committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    8 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  5. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    47 aye · 0 no · 3 excused

  6. Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs (EIG) on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    3 aye · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call

  7. Housing (HOU) on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  8. Health and Human Services (HHS) on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    3 aye · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call

  9. Judiciary (JDC) on SD1: Passed, unamended

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  10. Senate third reading on SD1: Passed

    25 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of HB1700
MemberEIG
HD1		HOU
HD1		HHS
HD1		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023ExcusedAye
Stanley ChangSD-009AyeAyeAyeAye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007ExcusedAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016AyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020ExcusedExcusedExcusedAye
Mike GabbardSD-021AyeAye
Troy HashimotoSD-005AyeAye
Dru KanuhaSD-003AyeAye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024ExcusedAye
Angus McKelveySD-006AyeAye
Karl RhoadsSD-013AyeAyeAye
Tim RichardsSD-004AyeAye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002AyeAyeAye
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAye
11 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEIG
HD1		HOU
HD1		HHS
HD1		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Donovan CruzSD-017Aye
Samantha DeCorteSD-022Aye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019Aye
Carol FukunagaSD-011Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001Aye
Michelle KidaniSD-018Aye
Donna KimSD-014Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Chris LeeSD-025Aye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1700
MemberHSG
Introduced		WAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeExcusedAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAyeExcusedAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028Excused
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeExcused
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeExcused
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeExcused
Garner ShimizuHD-032Aye*AyeAyeAyeDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye
25 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberHSG
Introduced		WAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to HSG/WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG/WAL on Friday, 02-06-26 8:45AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. 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.

  6. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  7. Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 176-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  8. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).

  9. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  10. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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.

  11. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 988-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  12. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

  13. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 148).

  14. Passed First Reading.

  15. Referred to EIG/HHS/HOU, JDC.

  16. The committee(s) on EIG/HHS/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  17. 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, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella.

  18. 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.

  19. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella.

  20. Reported from EIG/HHS/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3200) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  21. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

  22. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  23. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

  24. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3747) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  25. One Day Notice 04-14-26.

  26. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  27. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 605) in amended form (SD 1).

  28. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

  29. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

  30. House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Pierick.

  31. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799).

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