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HB225HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Squatting.

Last status update Jan 17, 2025

What this measure contains

Establishes a working group within the Department of the Attorney General to study the issue of squatting in Hawaii and provide recommendations. Requires reports to the legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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  • HB225— Carry Over

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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 HSH

Companion measure: HB225. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

    8 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    49 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB225
MemberHSH
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041ExcusedAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014Excused
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Gene WardHD-018Excused
40 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberHSH
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		Change along the path
Della au BelattiHD-026Aye
Luke EvslinHD-016Aye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019Aye
Andrew GarrettHD-022Aye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020Aye
Mark HashemHD-019Aye
Daniel HoltHD-028Aye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029Aye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031Aye
Greggor IlaganHD-004Aye
Kim IwamotoHD-025Aye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006Aye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005Aye
Darius KilaHD-044Aye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048Aye
Sam KongHD-033Aye
Matthias KuschHD-001Aye
Trish La ChicaHD-037Aye
Mike LeeHD-050Aye
Nicole LowenHD-007Aye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049Aye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038Aye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010Aye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017Aye
Chris MuraokaHD-045Aye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015Aye
Amy PerrusoHD-046Aye
Elijah PierickHD-039Aye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013Aye
Sean QuinlanHD-047Aye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040Aye
Jackson SayamaHD-021Aye
Garner ShimizuHD-032Aye
Kanani SouzaHD-043Aye
Adrian TamHD-024Aye
David TarnasHD-008Aye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030Aye
Chris ToddHD-003Aye
Justin WoodsonHD-009Aye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012Aye

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

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Legislative history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to HSH, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 01-28-25 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.

  6. Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1) 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; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-05-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

  10. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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