KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2026
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Senator Stanley Chang, Chair |
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Senator Troy N. Hashimoto, Vice Chair |
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Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair |
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Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 5, 2026 |
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1:00 PM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 225 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY
The Legislature is accepting written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.
A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO A TINY HOME GRANT PILOT PROGRAM. Establishes a three-year Tiny Home Grant Pilot Program within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Requires counties and nonprofit organizations that are awarded a grant to submit an annual report to the HHFDC. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HOU/EIG, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Authorizes a county to reduce the number of housing units that may be built within any geographical area of the county only if the county increases the number of housing units that may be built elsewhere in the county, such that there is no net loss in residential capacity in the county. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HOU/EIG, JDC |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Clarifies insurance requirements for single-family and multi‑family housing projects to obtain expedited permitting from county agencies.
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HOU/EIG, CPN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Housing and Land Management and Department of Design and Construction of the City and County of Honolulu as grants‑in-aid to comply with the requirements of Act 206, SLH 2017, and Act 210, SLH 2018.
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HOU/EIG, WAM |
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RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UTILITIES. Requires county boards of water supply to publicly disclose through its website service connection availability for residential permitting and construction.
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EIG/HOU, CPN |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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Please note the following:
· The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.
· Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 1 minute each.
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For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Glenn Wakai Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Stanley Chang Chair |
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