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HB1823HIPassed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To The Coastal Zone Management Act.

Last status update Jun 4, 2026

What this measure contains

Applies a definition of "development" to special management areas within counties with a population between one hundred fifty thousand and two hundred thousand to exempt from special management area use permit requirements all activities that are not included within the definition, including certain federal-, state-, or county-funded, authorized, or implemented infrastructure and improvement projects that are exempt from an environmental assessment or for which a finding of no significant impact has been issued. Sunsets 6/30/2030. (CD2)

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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
  4. SD1by WLA
  5. SD2by JDC
  6. CD1by Conference
  7. CD2

Decision stages

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

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

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    50 aye · 1 no · 0 excused

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

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

  4. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    41 aye · 3 aye with reservations · 6 no · 0 excused

  5. Water, Land, and Agriculture (WLA) on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    3 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 1 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  6. Judiciary (JDC) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  7. Senate third reading on SD2: Passed

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

  8. House conference managers on SD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as CD1

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

  9. Senate conference managers on SD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as CD1

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

  10. House final reading on CD2: Passed

    33 aye · 18 no · 0 excused

  11. Senate final reading on CD2: Passed

    22 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 1 no · 1 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of HB1823
MemberWLA
HD2		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Conference
SD2		Final reading
CD2		Change along the path
Samantha DeCorteSD-022NoAyeAyeNo → Aye at Senate third reading (SD2)
Angus McKelveySD-006AyeNoAye → No at Senate final reading (CD2)
Brenton AwaSD-023AyeAyeAye
Stanley ChangSD-009AyeAyeAyeAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016AyeAye*Added reservations at Senate final reading (CD2)
Mike GabbardSD-021AyeAyeAye
Troy HashimotoSD-005AyeExcusedAye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001Aye*Aye*AyeDropped reservations at Senate final reading (CD2)
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAyeAye
Chris LeeSD-025AyeAyeAyeAye
Karl RhoadsSD-013AyeAyeAyeAye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002AyeAyeExcused
13 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberWLA
HD2		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Conference
SD2		Final reading
CD2		Change along the path
Donovan CruzSD-017AyeAye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007AyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020AyeAye
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeAye
Les IharaSD-010AyeAye
Dru KanuhaSD-003AyeAye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024AyeAye
Michelle KidaniSD-018AyeAye
Donna KimSD-014AyeAye
Ronald KouchiSD-008AyeAye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012AyeAye
Tim RichardsSD-004AyeAye
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1823
MemberWAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Conference
SD2		Final reading
CD2		Change along the path
Della au BelattiHD-026ExcusedAyeAyeAye*NoAdded reservations at House third reading (HD2)Aye with reservations → No at House final reading (CD2)
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAye*Aye*NoAdded reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)Aye with reservations → No at House final reading (CD2)
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeExcusedAyeNoAye → No at House final reading (CD2)
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeNoNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAyeNoAye → No at House final reading (CD2)
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeNoNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Kim IwamotoHD-025ExcusedAyeNoNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeNoAye → No at House final reading (CD2)
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeNoAye → No at House final reading (CD2)
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeNoAye → No at House final reading (CD2)
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeNoNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeNoAye → No at House final reading (CD2)
Mahina PoepoeHD-013Aye*AyeNoNoNoDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)Aye → No at House JHA committee (HD1)
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeNoAye → No at House final reading (CD2)
Garner ShimizuHD-032Aye*AyeAye*Aye*AyeNoDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)Added reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House conference managers (SD2)Aye → No at House final reading (CD2)
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAyeNoAye → No at House final reading (CD2)
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeNoAye → No at House final reading (CD2)
Terez AmatoHD-011NoNoNo
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeExcusedAyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAyeAye
26 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberWAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Conference
SD2		Final reading
CD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028Aye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAyeAye
Michael RatcliffeHD-028Aye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAye

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. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Ichiyama, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Poepoe, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto.

  6. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 242-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

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

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Belatti, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran, Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Poepoe; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Garcia.

  10. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1191-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

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

  12. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Grandinetti, Hussey, Iwamoto, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (6) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

  13. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 292).

  14. Passed First Reading.

  15. Referred to WLA, JDC.

  16. The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  17. The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Chang, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

  18. Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3364) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

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

  20. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  21. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  22. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3793) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  23. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  24. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  25. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 626) in amended form (SD 2).

  26. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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

  28. House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Shimizu.

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

  30. Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Rhoads Co-Chair; Hashimoto.

  31. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 782).

  32. Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-29-26 9:01AM; Conference Room 229.

  33. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Tarnas, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  34. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto.

  35. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 88-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  36. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday 05-06-26.

  37. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 88-26).

  38. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26

  39. Floor Amendment No. 7 offered by Rep. Hashem.

  40. Floor amendment adopted as amended CD 2 with none voting no and none excused.

  41. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday 05-08-26.

  42. Floor Amendment No. 14 offered.

  43. Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2).

  44. Separated Committee Report.

  45. Report filed.

  46. 48 Hrs. Notice 05-08-26

  47. Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Garcia, Grandinetti, Hartsfield, Hussey, Iwamoto, Kapela, Matsumoto, Olds, Perruso, Pierick, Poepoe, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza, Tam voting no (18) and none excused (0).

  48. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) McKelvey). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) San Buenaventura).

  49. Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 820).

  50. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 889).

  51. Transmitted to Governor.

  52. Act 070, 06/03/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1170).

  53. Act 070, on 06/03/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1170).

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