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SB534HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To The Hawaii Community Development Authority.

Last status update Jan 17, 2025

What this measure contains

Clarifies the process by which the Hawaii Community Development Authority may approve residential development on certain parcels of Kakaako Makai. Raises the building height limit and the maximum floor area ratio on certain parcels in the area. Requires a certain percentage of the residential units developed on certain parcels to be allocated to households at or below a certain income level in perpetuity, with priority given to certain essential workforce in the area. Limits the sale of residential units developed in certain residential developments to prospective owner-occupants. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to determine a Kakaako Makai association fee to be collected from residents, tenants, and lessees of certain parcels to be deposited into a special account in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Special Fund to fund various services and projects in the Kakaako Makai area. (SD1)

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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. SD1by HOU

Companion measure: SB534. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Water and Land (WTL) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

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

  2. Hawaiian Affairs (HWN) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    2 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 1 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

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

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

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB534
MemberWTL
Introduced		HWN
Introduced		HOU
Introduced		Change along the path
Henry AquinoSD-019Excused
Stanley ChangSD-009AyeAye
Samantha DeCorteSD-022NoNo
Brandon ElefanteSD-016Aye*
Kurt FevellaSD-020Aye
Troy HashimotoSD-005Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye*
Lorraine InouyeSD-001Aye
Dru KanuhaSD-003Aye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024Aye
Angus McKelveySD-006Aye
Tim RichardsSD-004Aye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Excused

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. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to WTL/HWN/HOU, JDC/WAM.

  4. The committee(s) on WTL/HWN/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-25 1:00PM; Auditorium & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on WTL/HWN deferred the measure until 02-03-25 1:00PM; CR 229.

  6. The committee(s) on HOU deferred the measure until 02-04-25 1:00PM; CR 225.

  7. The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Chang, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

  8. The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.

  9. The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino.

  10. Reported from WTL/HWN/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 616) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.

  11. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.

  12. The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  13. Deferred until 02-28-25.

  14. The committee(s) on JDC/WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-28-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference (Proposed Draft).

  15. The committee on JDC deferred the measure.

  16. The committee on WAM deferred the measure.

  17. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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