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HB528Introduced in the House

Relating To Residential Leaseholds.

EngrossedSenate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Introduced by Tyson Miyake, District 10

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Exempts state and county lands leased after July 1, 2025, for an initial period of no less than ninety-nine years from state law governing residential leaseholds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Where it stands

Re-Referred to CPN/WLA, JDC.

February 2, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 2

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 02-05-25 9:00AM 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: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica, Pierick.

  6. Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 204) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

  7. Passed 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) Ward excused (1).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-13-25 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti, Souza; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe, Woodson.

  10. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 717), recommending referral to JHA.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-26-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kahaloa.

  14. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1061), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto, Perruso voting no (2) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  16. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 252).

  17. Passed First Reading.

  18. Referred to CPN/WTL, JDC.

  19. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  20. Re-Referred to CPN/WLA, JDC.

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