# Hawaii SB 2001: RELATING TO THE BANYAN DRIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

Hawaii SB 2001, RELATING TO THE BANYAN DRIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) Senate bill sponsored by Lorraine R. Inouye (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-07-08 (Act 206, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308).) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 2001
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO THE BANYAN DRIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-07-08, Act 206, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308).
- Sponsor: Lorraine R. Inouye (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: HCDA, Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency, Banyan Drive Community Development District, New Special Fund, Lineal Descendant, Powers and Duties, Appropriation, WAL, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 10 (218 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

Establishes the Banyan Drive-Makaokū Community Development District and Banyan Drive-Makaokū Redevelopment Agency within the Hawaii Community Development Authority. Establishes the Banyan Drive-Makaokū Community Development District Special Fund. Specifies the powers and duties of the Authority as it relates to the new development district and amends the composition of the Authority to include representatives of the new development district. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Banyan Drive gets new development rules: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the law creates a development district covering specified lands near Banyan Drive, Reeds Bay, Moku Ola, and nearby rights-of-way. The Authority must guide development toward cultural activities, public spaces, historic preservation, climate safety, and better mobility. New v…
- State funds Banyan Drive planning: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026–2027, the law provides up to $2 million for district implementation, including rules and environmental review. It also provides up to $250,000 for the district fund and up to $125,000 for one full-time Authority position. The fund can receive district revenues, grants, gifts, a…
- District improvements may bring fees: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Authority can create a program to improve and maintain the district. It can assess service or regulatory fees under applicable law. The law does not set fee amounts or say which households or businesses will pay.
- New federal financing for district projects: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Authority can seek federal grants and loans for authorized district work. It can also issue debt secured by revenues or assets, repay debt, and seek federal loan guarantees. The law sets no financing amount, and the authority does not provide a direct household payment.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lorraine R. Inouye (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kurt Fevella (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Gabbard (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dru Mamo Kanuha (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: SAN BUENAVENTURA

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-05-01 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-05-01 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-14 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 51 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-07 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-20 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN... | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | House | The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 22 | 3 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 13 | 0 |   |

## Actions (55)

- 2026-07-08: Act 206, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). (Senate)
- 2026-07-08: Act 206, on 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). (House)
- 2026-05-08: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). (Senate)
- 2026-05-08: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate)
- 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 Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1). (House)
- 2026-05-06: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). (House)
- 2026-05-01: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 11:35 AM; Conference Room 229. (Senate)
- 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) Lee, C., Inouye, Kanuha; 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) Hashem, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-05-01: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 213-26). (Senate)
- 2026-05-01: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26. (Senate)
- 2026-05-01: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 213-26) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2026-05-01: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26. (House)
- 2026-04-30: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229. (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229. (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229. (Senate)
- 2026-04-27: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 9:00AM; CR 229. (Senate)
- 2026-04-24: Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 9:00AM; CR 229. (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Inouye Co-Chair; Kanuha. (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718). (House)
- 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Kusch, Shimizu. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 611). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). (House)
- 2026-04-14: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-04-09: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2026-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-04-09: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26. (House)
- 2026-04-07: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa. (House)
- 2026-04-02: The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26. (House)
- 2026-04-02: Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-31: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-20: Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1297-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. (House)
- 2026-03-20: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). (House)
- 2026-03-17: The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Woodson. (House)
- 2026-03-12: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2026-03-12: Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 17 (House)
- 2026-03-12: Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 03-17-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-10: Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 144) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2026-03-06: Reported from WLA/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2961) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26. (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Chang, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCorte. (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: 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, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kidani, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: The committee(s) on WAM/WLA has rescheduled its decision making to 03-05-26 12:02PM; CR 211 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: The committee(s) on WLA/WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-05-26 10:16AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Re-Referred to WLA/WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: The committee on WLA deferred the measure. (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: The committee on EDT deferred the measure. (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: The committee(s) on WLA/EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-19-26 1:02PM; CR 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Referred to WLA/EDT, WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Introduced and passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Pending Introduction. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_CD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1308_.PDF)
- SB2001_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_CD1_.HTM)
- SB2001_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_HD1_.HTM)
- SB2001_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_HD2_.HTM)
- SB2001_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_SD1_.HTM)

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- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_CD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1308_.PDF)
- [SB2001_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_CD1_.HTM)
- [SB2001_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB2001_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_HD2_.HTM)
- [SB2001_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2001_SD1_.HTM)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [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 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [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-SB2001-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).