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HB745HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Building Codes.

Last status update Jan 21, 2025

What this measure contains

Beginning on the date the International Code Council 2024 suite of published codes is adopted as the Hawaii state building code, makes the most recent Hawaii state building codes adopted by the state building code council supersede all existing county building codes and thereafter allows counties to amend the Hawaii state building code as it applies within their jurisdiction. Repeals the counties' authority to adopt, amend, and update the Hawaii state building codes for their respective county building codes. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1)

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Related measures

  • SB1540— Same As
  • HB745— 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 HSG

Companion measures: SB1540, HB745. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

    5 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 3 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    50 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  3. House JHA committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

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

  4. House report adoption on HD1: Report adopted

    39 aye · 7 aye with reservations · 1 no · 4 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB745
MemberHSG
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		Change along the path
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye*NoAdded reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)Aye with reservations → No at House report adoption (HD1)
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedAyeExcusedExcused
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020Aye*AyeAyeDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)
Mark HashemHD-019AyeExcusedAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye*Added reservations at House report adoption (HD1)
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye*Added reservations at House report adoption (HD1)
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037ExcusedAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeExcused
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye*Added reservations at House report adoption (HD1)
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)
Elijah PierickHD-039ExcusedAyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeExcused
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAye*Added reservations at House report adoption (HD1)
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye*AyeAdded reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House report adoption (HD1)
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcused
26 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberHSG
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
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 HSG, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 01-31-25 9:15AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee(s) on HSG recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-05-25.

  6. Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-05-25 9:00AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  7. The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Grandinetti; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica, Pierick.

  8. Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 219) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  9. 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) Ward excused (1).

  10. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  11. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Kahaloa, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti, Perruso, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem.

  12. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 740), recommending referral to FIN.

  13. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Belatti, Kapela, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Matsumoto, Perruso, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

  14. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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