# Hawaii HCR 85: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO TRANSFER PARCELS THAT MAKE UP THE EAST KAPOLEI TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND URGING THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS AND HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT. Hawaii HCR 85, URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO TRANSFER PARCELS THAT MAKE UP THE EAST KAPOLEI TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND URGING THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS AND HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Luke A. Evslin (Democratic); status passed senate, last action 2026-04-27 (Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HCR85-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Hawaii HCR 85 - State: Hawaii - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) - Title: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO TRANSFER PARCELS THAT MAKE UP THE EAST KAPOLEI TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND URGING THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS AND HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT. - Status: passed senate - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-03-12 - Last action: 2026-04-27, Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House. - Sponsor: Luke A. Evslin (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 6 - Subjects: DLNR, DHHL, HHFDC, East Kapolei Transit-Oriented Development Project, Parcel Transfers, WLA/HOU - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (20 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Luke A. Evslin (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Terez Amato (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kim Coco Iwamoto (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kirstin Kahaloa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Matthias Kusch (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Scot Z. Matayoshi (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tyson K. Miyake (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-17 | Senate | The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 3 | 0 | | | 2026-04-17 | Senate | The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 3 | 0 | | | 2026-04-07 | House | The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2026-03-27 | House | The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 6 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2026-04-27: Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House. (Senate) - 2026-04-27: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 768). (House) - 2026-04-27: Resolution adopted in final form. (House) - 2026-04-24: Reported from WLA/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3925) with recommendation of adoption. (Senate) - 2026-04-24: One Day Notice 04-27-26. (Senate) - 2026-04-17: 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) Hashimoto, Elefante, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Fevella. (Senate) - 2026-04-17: The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WLA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, Chang. (Senate) - 2026-04-14: The committee(s) on WLA/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 04-17-26 1:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 551). (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Referred to WLA/HOU. (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1854-26), recommending adoption. (House) - 2026-04-09: Adopted with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). (House) - 2026-04-09: Transmitted to Senate. (House) - 2026-04-07: 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. (House) - 2026-04-02: Resolution scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:00AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2026-04-01: Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1651-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to WAL. (House) - 2026-04-01: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on WAL as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House) - 2026-03-27: 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; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick. (House) - 2026-03-25: Resolution scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 03-27-26 9:30AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2026-03-18: Referred to HSG, WAL, referral sheet 18 (House) - 2026-03-16: Offered (House) - 2026-03-12: To be offered. (House) ## Bill text - Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HCR85_HD1_.pdf) - HCR85_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HCR85_HD1_.HTM) - Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HCR85_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HCR85_.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/HCR85_HD1_.pdf) - [HCR85_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HCR85_HD1_.HTM) - [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HCR85_.HTM) - [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HCR85_.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-HCR85-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).