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SB2061HIPassed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Residential Condominiums.

Last status update Jun 9, 2026

What this measure contains

Clarifies the Ninety-Nine Year Leasehold Program by: (1) allowing the Hawaii Community Development Authority to prohibit renting, advertising for rent, or using for any other purpose other than owner-occupied residential use a residential condominium unit, by rule, rather than statutorily; (2) exempting the design, development, and construction contracts from procurement requirements, subject to prevailing wage requirements for laborers and mechanics; (3) requiring HCDA to adopt rules to implement an initial sales period during which residential condominium units are offered only to eligible buyers for owner-occupied residential use; (4) authorizing the sale of a residential condominium unit that is not subject to an income restriction and was not sold within a certain period to be sold to other buyers, as determined by rule by HCDA, without an owner-occupancy requirement; (5) requiring HCDA to adopt rules that require at least sixty per cent of residential condominium units to be income restricted; and (6) requiring HCDA to establish rules to require buyback pricing similar to other state agencies' existing pricing formulas. (CD1)

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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. SD1by WLA
  3. SD2by CPN
  4. HD1by HSG
  5. HD2by CPC
  6. CD1by Conference

Companion measure: HB1722. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Housing (HOU) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  2. Water, Land, and Agriculture (WLA) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  3. Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

    3 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  4. Senate third reading on SD2: Passed

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

  5. House HSG committee on SD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    7 aye · 2 no · 0 excused

  6. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    45 aye · 1 no · 4 excused

  7. House CPC committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    9 aye · 2 no · 0 excused

  8. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    43 aye · 7 no · 1 excused

  9. Senate conference managers on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as CD1

    2 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  10. House conference managers on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as CD1

    3 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  11. Senate final reading on CD1: Passed

    25 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  12. House final reading on CD1: Passed

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

Senate members along the path

12 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes

House members along the path

26 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

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Legislative history

  1. Pending Introduction.

  2. Introduced and passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to WLA/HOU, CPN.

  4. The committee(s) on WLA/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-17-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Elefante, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  6. The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Chang, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  7. Reported from WLA/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2597) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

  8. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN.

  9. The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-26-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  10. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao.

  11. Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2917) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  12. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.

  13. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  14. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 160) in amended form (SD 2).

  15. Pass First Reading

  16. Referred to HSG, CPC, referral sheet 17

  17. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 03-20-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  18. The committee(s) on HSG recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-25-26.

  19. Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 03-25-26 10:00AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  20. The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick; and Excused: none.

  21. Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1517-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  22. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).

  23. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 04-09-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  24. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Kong; and Excused: none.

  25. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2124-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  26. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.

  27. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Iwamoto, Kong, Muraoka voting no (7) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

  28. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 617).

  29. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

  30. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

  31. House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Pierick.

  32. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

  33. Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Chang, Keohokalole Co-Chairs.

  34. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718).

  35. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.

  36. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.

  37. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole.

  38. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Matayoshi, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  39. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 83-26).

  40. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  41. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 83-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  42. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  43. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

  44. Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Iwamoto, Kong, Muraoka voting no (6) and none excused (0).

  45. Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

  46. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

  47. Enrolled to Governor.

  48. Act 121, 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221).

  49. Act 121, on 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221).

Bill sponsors