Rooted in Hawaiʻi. Built for participation.
← All legislation
HB1982HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands.

Last status update Jan 26, 2026

What this measure contains

Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for certain geothermal resource exploration and development activities and the hiring of consultants. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to engage in consultation with beneficiaries of Hawaiian home lands regarding activities funded and to comply with the environmental impact statements law. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Source summary of the imported measure. Amendments can change the wording; read a specific version for its complete provisions.

Read the latest imported text

Read the full bill at its source ↗
Source: legiscan· Loaded Oct 30, 2026· Snapshot export date not suppliedOriginal record ↗

Bill text and versions

Drafts can change as a measure moves through the Legislature. Check the version attached to a recorded vote.

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 EEP
  3. HD2by JHA

Decision stages

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

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

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

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

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

    4 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 3 no · 2 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD2: Report adopted

    38 aye · 7 aye with reservations · 5 no · 0 excused

House members along the path

28 more House members only counted as floor ayes

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 ↗

Your district, this measure

Your lawmakers and participating residents.

Match an address to see your state lawmakers' recorded votes on this bill. This address is used for matching and is not saved with a pilot response.

Enter your street number and street name, plus your city or ZIP code. Hawaiʻi is supported first.

No special formatting needed. Example: 415 S Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96813.

Your search address isn’t saved to your account. Privacy details

Legislative history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to EEP, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 02-03-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matsumoto; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  6. Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 30-26) 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 Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Poepoe, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-12-26 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: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Hashem, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Poepoe, Cochran, Garcia; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Kahaloa.

  10. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 474-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Amato, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Perruso, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Poepoe voting no (5) and none excused (0).

Bill sponsors