# Hawaii HB 2309: RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920.

Hawaii HB 2309, RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-26 (Act 164, 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 2309
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-26
- Last action: 2026-06-26, Act 164, 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266).
- Sponsor: Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: HHCA, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Eligible Transferees and Successors to Homestead Leases, HWN, JDC
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 10 (213 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, to include sibling's children as qualifying relatives of lessees for the purposes of lease transfer and lease successorship, in the same manner currently allowed for spouses, children, grandchildren, and siblings. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More transfer options for Hawaiian home lessees: benefit, low. A Hawaiian home lessee can transfer a leasehold interest to the lessee’s sibling’s child. The child must be at least one-quarter Hawaiian, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands must approve the transfer. This rule takes effect on the date of the specified federal notice or when federal approval…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nadine K. Nakamura (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 51 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-28 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-28 | 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 |   |
| 2026-04-07 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | Senate | The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 47 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 16 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN... | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (45)

- 2026-06-26: Act 164, 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). (Senate)
- 2026-06-26: Act 164, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). (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 . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-05-06: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). (House)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 68-26) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2026-04-29: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 68-26). (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26 (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kusch, Kahaloa, Poepoe, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-04-28: 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) Richards, Gabbard, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-04-27: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 325. (Senate)
- 2026-04-24: Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 3:15PM; Conference Room 325. (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kusch Co-Chairs; Kahaloa, Poepoe, Garcia. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: Senate Conferees Appointed: Richards Chair; Gabbard Co-Chair; DeCorte. (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 713). (House)
- 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. 678) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2026-04-10: Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3771) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26. (Senate)
- 2026-04-07: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Reported from HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3377) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HWN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Keohokalole. (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: The committee(s) on HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 1:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 203). (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Referred to HWN, JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1010-26), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-03-06: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-02-26: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-02-24: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-02-18: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 465-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. (House)
- 2026-02-18: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-02-12: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. (House)
- 2026-02-10: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-12-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-01-30: Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 5 (House)
- 2026-01-28: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2026-01-26: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_CD1_.pdf)
- HB2309_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_CD1_.HTM)
- HB2309_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_HD1_.HTM)
- HB2309_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_SD1_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1266_.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_CD1_.pdf)
- [HB2309_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_CD1_.HTM)
- [HB2309_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB2309_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_SD1_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1266_.PDF)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [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 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 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1973-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2309-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).