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HB1738HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Land Use Decision-making.

Last status update Mar 10, 2026

What this measure contains

Authorizes counties to amend district boundaries involving land areas of greater than fifteen but no more than twenty-five acres for purposes of residential housing, agricultural workforce housing, long-term rental housing, or workforce fee simple ownership. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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  • SB2007— 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. HD2by JHA

Companion measure: SB2007. 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

    7 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

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

    6 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused

  3. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    47 aye · 3 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

  4. House JHA committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    6 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 1 no · 2 excused

  5. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    42 aye · 3 aye with reservations · 5 no · 0 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1738
MemberHSG
Introduced		WAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Tina GrandinettiHD-020Aye*AyeNoDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)Aye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Kim IwamotoHD-025Aye*AyeNoDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)Aye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAye*NoNoAdded reservations at House second reading (HD1)Aye with reservations → No at House JHA committee (HD1)
Terez AmatoHD-011Aye*Aye*
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeExcusedAye
Elle CochranHD-014Aye*Aye*ExcusedAye*
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032Aye*AyeAyeAyeDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009ExcusedAyeAye
24 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberHSG
Introduced		WAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye
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
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
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, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran, Grandinetti; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

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

  7. Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 579-26) 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 Representative(s) Amato, Cochran, Poepoe voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  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, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Poepoe; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.

  11. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1197-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  12. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  13. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Amato, Cochran, Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Grandinetti, Iwamoto, Marten, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (5) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

  14. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 277).

  15. Passed First Reading.

  16. Referred to WLA/EIG/HOU, JDC.

  17. The committee(s) on WLA/EIG/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  18. The committee on WLA deferred the measure.

  19. The committee on EIG deferred the measure.

  20. The committee on HOU deferred the measure.

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