# Hawaii HB 1741: RELATING TO HOUSING. Hawaii HB 1741, RELATING TO HOUSING., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Luke A. Evslin (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-07-08 (Act 211, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1741-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Hawaii HB 1741 - State: Hawaii - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) - Title: RELATING TO HOUSING. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-20 - Last action: 2026-07-08, Act 211, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). - Sponsor: Luke A. Evslin (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 10 - Subjects: Inclusionary Mandate, Housing Affordability Impact Fee, Needs Assessment Study, Essential Nexus, Rough Proportionality, Financial Feasibility, HSG, WAL, JHA, FIN - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (249 yes, 9 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary Deems a county inclusionary mandate as a form of development exaction and treats the mandate as a housing affordability impact fee, with certain exemptions. Prohibits a county from adopting, amending, or enforcing an inclusionary mandate or inclusionary mandates for residential or mixed-use development, under certain circumstances. Establishes additional requirements for a needs assessment study for a county-imposed inclusionary mandate. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - County housing rules need feasibility studies: mixed, medium. County inclusionary housing rules count as development exactions and housing affordability impact fees. They can require below-market homes, funding, land, or in-lieu payments. Starting July 1, 2029, counties must get council approval of a study before adopting or changing covered rules for residen… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Luke A. Evslin (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Terez Amato (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Greggor Ilagan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kirstin Kahaloa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Darius K. Kila (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lauren Matsumoto (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tyson K. Miyake (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Dee Morikawa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: REYES ODA - Cosponsor: Kanani Souza (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David A. Tarnas (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-06 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2026-05-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 2 | | | 2026-05-01 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 4 | 1 | | | 2026-05-01 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 3 | 0 | | | 2026-04-14 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2026-04-09 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 13 | 0 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 3 | 2 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 3 | 2 | | | 2026-03-10 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 1 | | | 2026-02-26 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 1 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2026-02-10 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL... | pass | 51 | 0 | | | 2026-02-04 | House | The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (54) - 2026-07-08: Act 211, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). (Senate) - 2026-07-08: Act 211, on 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). (House) - 2026-05-08: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Transmitted to Governor. (House) - 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Grandinetti voting no (2) and none excused (0). (House) - 2026-05-06: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). (House) - 2026-05-01: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2026-05-01: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Hashem, Tarnas, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Cochran; and 0 Excused: none. (House) - 2026-05-01: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 131-26) as amended in (CD 1). (House) - 2026-05-01: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26. (House) - 2026-05-01: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 131-26). (Senate) - 2026-05-01: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26 (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224. (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224. (Senate) - 2026-04-28: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224. (Senate) - 2026-04-27: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 759). (House) - 2026-04-27: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-26 10:11AM in conference room 224. (House) - 2026-04-24: Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Chang, Hashimoto Co-Chairs. (Senate) - 2026-04-20: Re-referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30 (House) - 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Tarnas, Miyake Co-Chairs; Cochran. (House) - 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). (Senate) - 2026-04-17: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). (Senate) - 2026-04-16: House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). (House) - 2026-04-14: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 617) in amended form (SD 1). (House) - 2026-04-10: Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3773) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). (Senate) - 2026-04-10: 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26. (Senate) - 2026-04-09: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2026-04-07: The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:55AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Reported from EIG/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3199) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM. (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. (Senate) - 2026-03-19: The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2026-03-19: The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HOU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Elefante, Fevella; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2026-03-16: The committee(s) on EIG/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 3:02PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 280). (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Passed First Reading. (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Referred to EIG/HOU, WAM. (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Grandinetti, Iwamoto, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Sayama, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. (House) - 2026-03-06: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1201-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House) - 2026-03-06: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26. (House) - 2026-02-26: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran. (House) - 2026-02-24: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2026-02-20: Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 718-26), recommending referral to JHA. (House) - 2026-02-20: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). (House) - 2026-02-19: The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House) - 2026-02-13: Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2026-02-10: 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 none excused (0). (House) - 2026-02-09: Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 112-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL. (House) - 2026-02-04: The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa. (House) - 2026-01-30: Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2026-01-26: Referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1 (House) - 2026-01-21: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House) - 2026-01-20: Prefiled. (House) ## Bill text - Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_CD1_.pdf) - HB1741_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_CD1_.HTM) - HB1741_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_HD1_.HTM) - HB1741_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_HD2_.HTM) - HB1741_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_SD1_.HTM) - Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1313_.PDF) ## Related bills - SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law) - SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed) - HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed) - HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed) - HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed) - SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed) ## Sources - [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_CD1_.pdf) - [HB1741_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_CD1_.HTM) - [HB1741_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_HD1_.HTM) - [HB1741_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_HD2_.HTM) - [HB1741_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_SD1_.HTM) - [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1741_.HTM) - [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1313_.PDF) ## Related - [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026) - [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026) - [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026) - [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026) - [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026) - [SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2964-2026) - [Hawaii bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii/bills) - [Hawaii state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1741-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).