HB1089 • 2026

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.

Housing

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Sponsor: NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party)
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not provide specific details on how or if it affects the repealing of amendments to section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.

Confirming When Act 130 Takes Effect

This bill confirms the effective date of Act 130, which increases loan limits for Hawaiian Homes Commission Act loans, based on either a notification from the Secretary of the Interior or approval by Congress.

What This Bill Does

Confirms that Act 130 will take effect when the Secretary of the Interior sends a letter to Congressional Committee Chairpersons stating that Act 130 meets no criteria in title 43 Code of Federal Regulations section 48.20.
Alternatively, Act 130 takes effect on the date Congress approves it.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
People who receive loans under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act

Terms To Know

Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024: A law that increases loan limits for direct loans provided by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act: An act that provides land and housing opportunities for Native Hawaiians.

Limits and Unknowns

The exact date when Act 130 will take effect is not known until the Secretary of the Interior sends a notification letter or Congress approves it.
This bill does not change the loan limits set by Act 130, only confirms its effective date.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-23 H
Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3
2025-01-23 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-21 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Hawaiian Homes Commission Act
Confirms that Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, shall take effect on either the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification letter to the Congressional Committee Chairpersons that this Act meets none of the criteria in title 43 Code of Federal Regulations section 48.20, or on the date that the United States Congress approval becomes law.

Current Bill Text

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HB1089

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1089

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The
legislature finds that Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, increases the loan
limit for direct loans provided by the department of Hawaiian home lands to
seventy-five per cent of the maximum single residence loan amount allowed in
Hawaii by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's
Federal Housing Administration, instead of fifty per cent, as currently
outlined in section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended.

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The purpose of this Act is to confirm that Act
130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, shall take effect on either the date of the
Secretary of the Interior
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s notification letter to the
Congressional Committee Chairpersons that this Act meets none of the criteria
in title 43 Code of Federal Regulations section 48.20, or on the date that the
United States Congress approval becomes law.

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SECTION 2.
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Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, is amended by amending section 4
to read as follows:

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect [
upon its
approval with the consent of the United States Congress;
]
on either the
date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification letter to the
Congressional Committee Chairpersons that this Act meets none of the criteria
in title 43 Code of Federal Regulations section 48.20, or on the date that the
United States Congress approval becomes law;
provided
further
that
the amendments made to section 215, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as
amended, by this Act shall not be repealed when Act 107, Session Laws of Hawaii
2000, or Act 85, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, takes effect with the consent of
the United States Congress.
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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Department
of Hawaiian Home Lands; Hawaiian Homes Commission Act

Description:

Confirms
that Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, shall take effect on either the date
of the Secretary of the Interior's notification letter to the Congressional
Committee Chairpersons that this Act meets none of the criteria in title 43
Code of Federal Regulations section 48.20, or on the date that the United
States Congress approval becomes law.

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