# Hawaii HB 528: RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.

Hawaii HB 528, RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) House bill sponsored by Tyson K. Miyake (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2025-03-06 (Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 252).) (as of 2026-10-28).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 528
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-17
- Last action: 2025-03-06, Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 252).
- Sponsor: Tyson K. Miyake (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Residential Leases, State Lands, County Lands, Exemption, CPN/WTL, JDC
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

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)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Tyson K. Miyake (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: LAMOSAO

## Actions (18)

- 2025-03-06: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 252). (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to CPN/WTL, JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: 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. (House)
- 2025-02-28: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1061), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-02-26: 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. (House)
- 2025-02-21: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-26-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-02-14: Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 717), recommending referral to JHA. (House)
- 2025-02-14: 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). (House)
- 2025-02-13: 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. (House)
- 2025-02-10: Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-13-25 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-02-06: Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 204) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL. (House)
- 2025-02-06: 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). (House)
- 2025-02-05: 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. (House)
- 2025-01-31: Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 02-05-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-01-21: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2025-01-21: Referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 2 (House)
- 2025-01-17: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB528_HD1_.pdf)
- HB528_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB528_HD1_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB528_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB528_.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed)
- SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed)
- HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB528_HD1_.pdf)
- [HB528_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB528_HD1_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB528_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB528_.PDF)

## Related
- [SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB572-2025)
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025)
- [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025)
- [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB528-2025 (as of 2026-10-28).