# Hawaii SB 66: RELATING TO HOUSING.

Hawaii SB 66, RELATING TO HOUSING., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Stanley Chang (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-07-03 (Act 295, 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1398).) (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 66
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO HOUSING.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-07-03, Act 295, 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1398).
- Sponsor: Stanley Chang (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: Housing, Counties, Permits, Permitting Agencies, Licensed Professionals, Expedited Permit, Applications, Requirements, HSG, WAL, JHA
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 13 (233 yes, 9 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Establishes procedures and requirements for single-family and multi-family housing project applicants to apply for an expedited permit, including requirements for completeness of expedited permit applications, duties of licensed professionals and the counties during construction, and applications for owner-builder exemptions. Takes effect 7/1/2026. Sunsets 6/30/2031. (CD1)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Faster Hawaii housing permits, added risks: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Hawaii creates a faster county permit path for single-family and multifamily housing. Applicants can request it after 60 business days without full county approval, counted from when the application was deemed complete. Counties must check requests for completeness within fi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Stanley Chang (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kurt Fevella (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Gabbard (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Troy N. Hashimoto (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: SAN BUENAVENTURA
- Cosponsor: Glenn Wakai (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 48 | 2 |   |
| 2025-04-24 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 2 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-24 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 2 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-24 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-04 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 46 | 4 |   |
| 2025-03-27 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 3 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | House | The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-14 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL... | pass | 47 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | House | The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (54)

- 2025-07-03: Act 295, 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1398). (Senate)
- 2025-07-03: Act 295, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1398). (House)
- 2025-06-06: Notice of Intent to veto dated 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301) (Senate)
- 2025-06-06: Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301) (House)
- 2025-05-02: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). (House)
- 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto, Perruso voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). (House)
- 2025-04-24: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Lamosao, Tarnas, Miyake, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-04-24: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 78). (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 78) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-24: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. (House)
- 2025-04-23: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 795). (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 10:32AM in conference room 224. (House)
- 2025-04-21: Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Gabbard Co-Chair; Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 848). (House)
- 2025-04-21: House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Lamosao, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Miyake, Pierick. (House)
- 2025-04-08: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 565). (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774). (House)
- 2025-04-04: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Grandinetti, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-02: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1768) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-04-02: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-04-25. (House)
- 2025-03-27: 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, Takayama, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Belatti, Perruso, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. (House)
- 2025-03-25: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-21: Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1488) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA. (House)
- 2025-03-21: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5). (House)
- 2025-03-20: The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson. (House)
- 2025-03-17: Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 03-20-25 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-14: Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1273) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL. (House)
- 2025-03-14: 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) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4). (House)
- 2025-03-12: The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. (House)
- 2025-03-07: Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-06: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 19 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 75) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2025-02-28: Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 991) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: 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, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 561) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Aquino, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-02-07: Re-Referred to HOU, JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-02-07: The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Referred to HOU/EIG, JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Introduced and passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Pending Introduction. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_CD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1398_.PDF)
- SB66_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_CD1_.HTM)
- SB66_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_HD1_.HTM)
- SB66_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_HD2_.HTM)
- SB66_HD3: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_HD3_.HTM)
- SB66_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_SD1_.HTM)
- SB66_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_SD2_.HTM)

## Related bills

- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)
- SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)
- SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE. (signed)
- SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. (signed)
- HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_CD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1398_.PDF)
- [SB66_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_CD1_.HTM)
- [SB66_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB66_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_HD2_.HTM)
- [SB66_HD3 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_HD3_.HTM)
- [SB66_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_SD1_.HTM)
- [SB66_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB66_SD2_.HTM)

## Related
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
- [SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1044-2025)
- [SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1231-2025)
- [SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB935-2025)
- [HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB703-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB66-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).