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HB2334HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Transportation Environmental Review.

Last status update Jan 28, 2026

What this measure contains

Authorizes the Department of Transportation to assume responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for highway projects, as well as railroad, public transportation, or multimodal projects within the State, allowing streamlined environmental reviews. Provides a limited waiver of sovereign immunity to comply with federal requirements. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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  • SB3154— 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 TRN

Companion measure: SB3154. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

    8 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    51 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  3. House EEP committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    6 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD1: Report adopted

    50 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB2334
MemberTRN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		EEP
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		Change along the path
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039ExcusedAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeExcusedAye
35 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberTRN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		EEP
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028Aye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAye
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. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to TRN, EEP, JHA, referral sheet 6

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.

  6. Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 88-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EEP.

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

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan.

  10. Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 588-26), recommending referral to JHA.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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