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HB661HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Environmental Review.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Permits, under certain circumstances, a previously permitted or authorized activity challenged as being subject to environmental review to continue while the applicable agency or applicant conducts an environmental assessment, prepares an environmental impact statement, or determines whether the activity is exempt. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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  • HB661— 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 WAL
  3. HD2by JHA

Companion measure: HB661. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

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

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

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

  3. House second reading on HD1: Passed

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

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

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

  5. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    36 aye · 4 aye with reservations · 9 no · 2 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB661
MemberEEP
Introduced		WAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Della au BelattiHD-026Aye*Aye*Aye*NoAye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD2)
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Kim IwamotoHD-025NoAyeAye*No → Aye at House second reading (HD1)Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye*NoAdded reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)Aye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD2)
Darius KilaHD-044AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Amy PerrusoHD-046Aye*Aye*NoNoAye with reservations → No at House JHA committee (HD1)
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedExcusedAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048ExcusedAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013NoNoNoNo
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032Aye*Aye*Aye*Aye*
Kanani SouzaHD-043Aye*Aye*Aye*
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcusedExcused
Justin WoodsonHD-009ExcusedAyeAye
22 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEEP
Introduced		WAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
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 EEP/WAL, JHA, referral sheet 2

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/WAL on Tuesday, 02-11-25 9:15AM 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: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

  6. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Ichiyama, Morikawa; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti, Shimizu, Souza; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Poepoe; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

  7. Reported from EEP/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 607) 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) Belatti, Perruso, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Poepoe voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

  9. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-27-25 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: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Hashem, Takayama, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti, Kahaloa, Shimizu; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Poepoe, Perruso; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

  11. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1164) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  12. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.

  13. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Hussey, Iwamoto, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Grandinetti, Holt, Kahaloa, Kila, Marten, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (9) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  14. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 266).

  15. Passed First Reading.

  16. Referred to WTL/AEN, JDC.

  17. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  18. Re-Referred to WLA/AEN, JDC.

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