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HB1742Introduced in the House

Relating To Housing.

EngrossedSenate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Introduced by Luke Evslin, District 16

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Part I: Authorizes the construction and occupation of self-contained relocatable housing units, with certain restrictions. Part II: Specifies that a manufactured home is considered real property, requiring its transfer, conveyance, and mortgage to follow the same recording and enforcement requirements as other real property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)

Where it stands

The committee on HOU deferred the measure.

March 19, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to HSG/WAL, TRN, JHA, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG/WAL on Friday, 02-06-26 8:45AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. 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.

  6. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Woodson.

  7. Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 180-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to TRN.

  8. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on TRN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).

  9. Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  10. The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  11. Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 667-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.

  12. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

  13. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  14. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Poepoe; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran.

  15. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1202-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  16. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  17. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Lee, M., Matayoshi, Olds, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (7) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

  18. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 281).

  19. Passed First Reading.

  20. Referred to EIG/HOU/WLA, CPN/JDC.

  21. The committee(s) on EIG/HOU/WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  22. The committee on WLA deferred the measure.

  23. The committee on EIG deferred the measure.

  24. The committee on HOU deferred the measure.

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