HB1726 • 2026

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Budget Housing

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Sponsor: EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON
Last action: 2026-02-11
Official status: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify that training is required or provided by the bill. The training aspect was removed as it was not supported by the given text.

Creating a Statewide Housing Data System

This bill requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to study options for creating a shared statewide housing and infrastructure data platform, develop fiscal impact models, and provide training for users.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to study options for creating a shared statewide housing and infrastructure data platform.
Supports the development and launch of this data platform to help track housing projects and related infrastructure needs.
Develops fiscal models to assess the long-term financial impacts of housing developments and regional investments.

Who It Names or Affects

State and county agencies involved in housing and infrastructure development.
Housing developers and project managers who will benefit from improved coordination and tracking of projects.

Terms To Know

Fiscal Impact Model: A tool used to estimate the financial effects of housing development on government budgets and services.
Data Platform: An integrated system that collects, stores, and analyzes data from multiple sources for decision-making purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the exact timeline or budget details for implementing the new data platform.
It is unclear how much public input will be sought during the development of the fiscal impact model.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HD1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to create a statewide housing and infrastructure data platform to track and facilitate housing projects, and provides funds for consulting services and staff support.

Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop a shared statewide housing and infrastructure data platform.
Provides funding for consulting services and resources needed to establish and maintain the data platform.
Specifies that the data platform should enable multi-agency action to manage backlogged and new housing projects, providing reliable information on their status and effects.

The exact details of how the data platform will be developed and maintained are not fully specified in the amendment text.
It is unclear from the provided text what specific fiscal contributions or costs will be assessed by the data platform.

Bill History

2026-02-11 H
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
2026-02-11 H
Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 178-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2026-02-06 H
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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.
2026-02-06 H
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2026-02-03 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG/WAL on Friday, 02-06-26 8:45AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-01-26 H
Referred to HSG/WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1
2026-01-21 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2026-01-20 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO HOUSING.
Statewide Housing and Infrastructure Data Platform; Housing Development; Regional Infrastructure Investments; Fiscal Sustainability; Fiscal Impact Model; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Appropriation ($)
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in collaboration with other state and county agencies, to study options for and coordinate the development of a shared statewide housing and infrastructure data platform to inform agency decision-making and state housing and infrastructure investments. Includes the development of a model that assesses the fiscal impacts of development and regional infrastructure investments. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Current Bill Text

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HB1726

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1726

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO HOUSING
.

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 the State faces a
structural housing crisis characterized by a critical shortage of available and
affordable housing units.
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The
2024 Hawaii Housing Planning Study,
which
was prepared for the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation,
estimates that the total projected housing units needed in Hawaii will be
64,490 additional units by 2027.
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Of this
number, 62,750 units were an existing housing unit shortfall as of 2022.

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The
legislature further finds that the existing unit shortfall is the most
significant driver in total housing need and requires a significant increase in
housing production to close the gap between housing need and supply over time.
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Accelerating housing production for planned or entitled
projects already in the housing production pipeline plays a key role in
addressing the backlog in production.

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The
legislature also finds that the State needs a method to proactively monitor and
facilitate the development of projects in the housing pipeline to achieve
timely delivery of housing units.
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This
approach requires information on planned and entitled projects, including where
they are located and where they are in the development process, and actively
working with project developers to address identified barriers to project
development and construction, including infrastructure needs.
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No single agency tracks this information for
projects statewide.
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Therefore, the
capacity to facilitate planned and entitled projects is hampered by fragmented
and uncoordinated data across state and county agencies, resulting in
inattention to delays in the delivery of housing already in the housing
production pipeline and a systemic mismatch between the units being produced
and housing needs.

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Furthermore,
the legislature finds that the State must modernize the way it plans for,
tracks, and delivers housing and supporting infrastructure
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A shared, standardized, and geospatial-ready
data platform is necessary to create a unified data model that can provide
state and county agencies with critical information on projects in the housing
production pipeline and related infrastructure and investment needs in planned
growth areas.

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Moreover, the legislature finds

that accelerating housing development must be done in a fiscally
sustainable manner so that decision-makers are aware of the long-term projected
revenues and costs to public entities for the housing produced.
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Thus, the shared data platform should also
provide the means to assess the expected fiscal contributions and ongoing costs
for public services and infrastructure required to support housing development
and planned growth.
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Development of a
fiscal model to be used in conjunction with the housing and infrastructure data
collected would give decision-makers and the public the information needed to
weigh the public benefits and costs of housing projects and regional
investments in infrastructure.

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Accordingly,
the purpose of this Act is to:

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(1)
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Require the office of planning and sustainable
development to undertake a project to:

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(A)
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Study and identify options for the development
of a statewide housing and infrastructure data platform that serves as a shared
data resource for information on projects in the housing pipeline and
infrastructure improvement projects needed to support housing;

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(B)
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Support the establishment and launch of the
preferred option for the statewide housing and infrastructure data platform and
administration and maintenance of the data platform and the data platform's
project monitoring and facilitation functions; and

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(C)
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Develop fiscal and other analytical models for
the statewide housing and infrastructure data platform to enable evaluation of
the impact of development and infrastructure investments; and

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(2)
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Appropriate funds for consulting services for
the project and for staff and other resources to support the conduct of the project.

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SECTION
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(a)
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The office of planning and sustainable development shall conduct studies
and other activities as necessary for the development of
a shared
statewide housing and
infrastructure data platform

that enables multi-agency action to accelerate and steward backlogged and new
housing projects in the development pipeline and provides reliable information
and analysis on the status and effects of housing production and infrastructure
investments statewide.

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(b)
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The
office of planning and
sustainable development

may

procure consulting

services, subject to chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
to provide technical support
and coordination of the design and phased development of
the
statewide housing
and infrastructure data platform
and related models.
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The data platform shall support users with the
information necessary for analysis, predictive modeling, evidence-based policy
formulation, and cost-effective and impactful investments in housing and
infrastructure
.

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The platform shall be
developed and deployed using information technology that prioritizes low
operational costs, open standards, and portability and supports in-house user
customization of data inputs, reports, and analytical models without relying on
a single, proprietary solution.

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(c)
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The scope of work for the statewide housing and
infrastructure data platform project shall include but not be limited to:

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(1)
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Defining
the data model and platform requirements, based on multi-agency user inputs and
a user-defined data access and governance model;

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(2)
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Designing
a tabular and geospatial data warehousing platform to integrate and standardize
data from state and county agencies regarding housing project characteristics,
including planned number of units, units by area median income levels, units by
type and tenancy, project status, permitting and development requirements, and
constraints related to infrastructure capacity or financing;

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(3)
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Establishing
secure automated data ingestion pipelines from source systems to provide a
unified, real-time view of housing delivery progress and infrastructure
readiness;

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(4)
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Developing
options for spatial analysis, reporting, and visualization capabilities to
enable targeted policy and investment decisions, including a fiscal model that
enables the assessment of fiscal costs and benefits of housing production and
regional investments for each county;

(5)
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Determining how the dynamic infrastructure
coordination and execution plan framework being developed for the Iwilei area
could be built upon or integrated into a shared data platform;

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(6)
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Developing options for where and how the
shared platform would be administered and how multi-agency project data updates
and sharing, monitoring, and project troubleshooting would be sustained over
time;

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(7)
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Supporting the development and launch of the
preferred option for administering and managing the project monitoring and
facilitation function;

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(8)
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Training for state and county employees in the
use, methodology, and update of the
statewide housing and infrastructure data platform

and models, including developing user-tested training material, to ensure that
all users can successfully use and update the data and models; and

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(9)
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Creating an easy-to-use, accessible public
interface for members of the public to view and interact with the data and
model outputs through geo-referenced visualization tools, dashboards, or
similar applications.

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(d)
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The office of planning and sustainable
development shall consult and collaborate with state and county agencies and
stakeholders

regarding the
statewide housing and infrastructure data platform project

and establish a steering or advisory committee that shall meet regularly for
the duration of the project.
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The office
shall consult with and include representatives from the following entities in
the design and conduct of the project:

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(1)
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The

office of the governor;

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(2)
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The
department of business, economic development, and tourism;

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(3)
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The
department of land and natural resources;

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(4)
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The
Hawaii housing finance and development corporation;

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(5)
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The
Hawaii community development authority;

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(6)
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The
Hawaii public housing authority;

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(7)
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The
land use commission;

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(8)
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The
school facilities authority;

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(9)
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The
office of enterprise technology services of the department of accounting and
general services;

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(10)
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The
county planning departments, county housing agencies, and other county agencies
with information on housing and infrastructure needs and projects; and

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(11)
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For data and models related to public finance
and fiscal impacts:

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(A)
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The department of budget and finance;

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(B)
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The department of taxation;

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(C)
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The research and economic analysis division of
the department of business, economic development, and tourism; and

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(D)
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The county departments responsible for budget
and finance and taxation.

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(e)
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The office of planning and sustainable
development shall submit a report on the status of the project, including any
recommendations or proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than
twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2028.

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SECTION
3.
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There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $150,000 or so much thereof
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for consulting services pursuant
to section 2(b) of this Act.

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The sum
appropriated shall be expended by the office of planning and sustainable
development for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION
4.
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There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $150,000 or so much thereof
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for other costs, including one
full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) temporary planner (planner V equivalent), who
shall be exempt from chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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The sum
appropriated shall be expended by the office of planning and sustainable
development for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 5.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Statewide Housing and Infrastructure Data Platform; Housing
Development; Regional Infrastructure Investments; Fiscal Sustainability; Fiscal
Impact Model; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Appropriation

Description:

Requires the Office of Planning and
Sustainable Development, in collaboration with other agencies, to study options
for and coordinate the development of a shared statewide housing and
infrastructure data platform to inform agency decision-making and state housing
and infrastructure investments.
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Includes
the development of a model that assesses the fiscal impacts of development and
regional infrastructure investments.
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Appropriates funds.

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