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Measure Title: RELATING TO HOUSING.
Report Title: Housing; Building Permits; Automatic Approval; Retrofitting; Hurricane Resistant Housing
Description: Requires the counties to automatically approve permits for hurricane retrofitting under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Companion:
Package: None
Current Referral: HSG, WAL, JHA
Introducer(s): MATSUMOTO, COCHRAN, GARCIA, GEDEON, HUSSEY, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, PERRUSO, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU
Act:

Measure Status History

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DateChamberStatus Text
2/20/2026HReport adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
2/20/2026HReported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 700-26), recommending referral to JHA.
2/19/2026HThe committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2/13/2026HBill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2/11/2026HPassed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
2/11/2026HReported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 138-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
2/6/2026HThe committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica.
2/3/2026HBill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 02-06-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2/2/2026HReferred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 6
1/28/2026HIntroduced and Pass First Reading.
1/27/2026HPending introduction.

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All Versions of this Measure

HB2362_HD1 Link to HB2362_HD1 .PDF file
HB2362 Link to HB2362 .PDF file

Committee Reports

HB2362_HD1_HSCR138-26_ Link to committee report HB2362_HD1_HSCR138-26_ .PDF file (opens in new window)
HB2362_HD1_HSCR700-26_ Link to committee report HB2362_HD1_HSCR700-26_ .PDF file (opens in new window)

Testimony

HB2362_TESTIMONY_HSG_02-06-26_
HB2362_HD1_TESTIMONY_WAL_02-19-26_

Hearing Notices

HSG
2/06/26 9:30A
430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE
WAL
2/19/26 9:00A
411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE