HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
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Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita, Chair |
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Rep. Lisa Kitagawa, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Micah P.K. Aiu |
Rep. Rachele F. Lamosao |
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Rep. Cory M. Chun |
Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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Rep. Elle Cochran |
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
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Rep. Andrew Takuya Garrett |
Rep. Mahina Poepoe |
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Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa |
Rep. Jenna Takenouchi |
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Rep. Darius K. Kila |
Rep. David Alcos III |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Gene Ward |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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10:00 A.M. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A #1
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RELATING TO EVICTION MEDIATION. Establishes and appropriates funds for a pre-litigation mediation pilot program. Requires landlords to participate in mediation before filing an action for summary possession. Creates and appropriates funds for an emergency rent relief program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. Establishes a supportive housing pilot program in the statewide office on homelessness and housing solutions. Appropriates funds and establishes positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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HSG/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Repeals the percentage requirements for the Hawaii public housing authority related to the admission of applicants, with or without preferences, into federal and state low-income public housing units. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds for the planning and design for new housing units at the Kapaa public housing project site in Kapaa, Kauai. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires the school facilities authority to conduct a feasibility study for the development of teacher and workforce housing at the Queen Liliuokalani elementary school property. Requires a report to the legislature prior to the 2024 regular session. Appropriates funds for the feasibility study. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Requires the counties to adopt ordinances by 7/1/2024 to allow religious institutions, educational institutions, and medical institutions to build housing units on land that the institutions own for purchase in fee simple or use by the institutions, their employees, or their contractors, regardless of current zoning restrictions. Requires institutions to own housing units for thirty years before offering the housing units for sale. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Increases the deadline for a county council to take action on an affordable housing project's application from forty-five days to an unspecified number of days after receipt of the proposed project's preliminary plans and specifications from the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO BONDS. Requires counties with a private activity bond issuance program to exhaust their allotment before applying to the State for the state allocation. Requires the State, if it receives a county allocation, to award that same amount to project or projects in that county before awarding to projects in other counties. Requires a project to first apply to the county in which the project is located, if the county has a private activity bond issuance program, before applying to the State. Requires the directors of finance of each county to report to the department of budget and finance and Hawaii housing finance and development corporation any county amount of unused or unassigned allocation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Conditions the authority of a county whose population is greater than five hundred thousand to exercise state housing powers upon a county's continued compliance with provisions regarding acceptance of the dedication of infrastructure and public highways in affordable housing developments. Amends various provisions relating to the dedication of infrastructure to a county. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Requires, if sufficient funding is available, the HHFDC to open at minimum two application periods each year for the receipt of applications for financing for the development of affordable housing in the State from the low-income housing tax credit program, Hula Mae multi-family revenue bond program, rental housing revolving fund program, and dwelling unit revolving fund program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Clarifies a county's obligations with respect to housing developed through the housing development programs overseen by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation. Sunsets 7/1/2028. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Amends the general fund appropriation for the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation in Act 236, SLH 2022, to help the State meet its American Rescue Plan Act maintenance of effort obligations.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the rental deposit loan program and rental deposit loan program revolving fund. Appropriates funds for the rental deposit loan program and positions. Sunsets on 7/1/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Deposits funds into the rental housing revolving fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Authorizes the Hawaii housing finance development corporation to issue bonds for infrastructure projects and to finance the development of regional state infrastructure projects. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds with the funds to be deposited into the dwelling unit revolving fund. Appropriates funds into and out of the dwelling unit revolving fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DWELLING UNIT REVOLVING FUND. Requires HHFDC to establish a five-year dwelling unit revolving fund equity pilot program. Creates one full-time equivalent housing development specialist III position. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2028. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP REVOLVING FUND. Clarifies section 6.4 of Act 248, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, as it pertains to the appropriation for the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Specifies that a simple majority of affirmative votes from the members serving on the land use commission is required for any boundary amendment. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE BUILDING CODE. Allows the counties to adopt a county building code for single-family dwellings, additional dwellings, duplexes, and non-commercial structures that has an unspecified amount of square feet of living area and is distinct from the Hawaii state building codes. Sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Repeals the cutoff date of Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, that allowed the use of funds in the condominium education trust fund initially dedicated to support voluntary binding arbitration to be used for other educational purposes. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONVERSION. Excludes from taxation one hundred per cent of the gain realized by a fee simple owner from the sale of a leased fee interest in units within a condominium project, cooperative project, or planned unit development to the association of apartment owners or the residential cooperative housing corporation of the leasehold units. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022 and does not apply to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2029. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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________________________________________ Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita Chair |
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