HB2515 House Bill

Passed

2026-03-10

Relating To Workforce Housing.

Establishes the Workforce Housing Regulatory Sandbox Program to be administered by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Establishes an advisory council within the Workforce Housing Regulatory Sandbox Program to advise on environmental and cultural practices within specific developments. Requires reports to the Legislature. Establishes a position. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2031. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Bill Details

State

Hawaii

Session

2026 Regular Session

Chamber

House

Committee

Ways and Means

Official Source

www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_ind...

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Action History

2026-03-30 S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

2026-03-30 S Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3210) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

2026-03-17 S 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, Elefante, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

2026-03-12 S The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

2026-03-12 S Referred to HOU, WAM.

2026-03-12 S Passed First Reading.

2026-03-12 S Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 431).

2026-03-10 H Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

2026-03-06 H Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

2026-03-06 H Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1088-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

2026-03-02 H The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.

2026-02-27 H Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

2026-02-27 H The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-02-26.

2026-02-24 H Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

2026-02-19 H Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

2026-02-19 H Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 569-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

2026-02-13 H The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

2026-02-10 H Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 02-13-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

2026-02-02 H Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 6

2026-01-28 H Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Votes

2026-03-17 Senate Housing: Passed, With Amendments Yea: 4 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-02-02 H Housing

2026-02-19 H Finance

2026-03-12 S Housing

2026-03-30 S Ways and Means

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-28 Introduced

2026-02-18 Amended

2026-03-06 Amended

2026-03-25 Amended

Subjects

HHFDC Workforce Housing Regulatory Sandbox Program Advisory Council Workforce Housing Permitting Affordable Housing Reports Appropriation ($) Position