HCR98Introduced in the House
Requesting The Department Of Housing And Land Management Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Develop A Countywide Housing Pattern Book To Streamline Permit Approvals And Reduce Regulatory Barriers For Safe, Affordable, And Well-designed Homes.
Introduced by Tina Grandinetti, District 20
What does this bill do?
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Official description
Requesting The Department Of Housing And Land Management Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Develop A Countywide Housing Pattern Book To Streamline Permit Approvals And Reduce Regulatory Barriers For Safe, Affordable, And Well-designed Homes.
Where it stands
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 891).
May 8, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
SenateStage: Senate Housing: Passed, With Amendments · April 16, 2026
4
Yes
0
No
1
Absent or Not Voting
5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Troy Hashimoto | 5 | Yes |
| Stanley Chang | 9 | Yes |
| Karl Rhoads | 13 | Yes |
| Brandon Elefante | 16 | Yes |
| Kurt Fevella | 20 | Absent |
Bill history
To be offered.
Offered
Referred to HSG, WAL, referral sheet 18
Resolution scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 03-27-26 9:30AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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, Cochran; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick.
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1653-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to WAL.
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on WAL as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
Resolution scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:00AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1856-26), recommending adoption.
Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).
Transmitted to Senate.
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 556).
Referred to EIG/HOU.
The committee(s) on EIG/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 04-16-26 1:30PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Elefante, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Fevella.
Reported from EIG/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3896) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).
One Day Notice 04-24-26.
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 749) in amended form (SD 1).
One (1) day notice, Friday, 05-08-26.
House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
Adopted as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hussey, Kong, Quinlan excused (3).
Resolution adopted in final form.
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 891).
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