HB1842 • 2026

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

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Sponsor: TAKAYAMA
Last action: 2026-04-30
Official status: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
DLNR; DAGS; HHFDC; Real Property; Public Lands; Transfer; City and County of Honolulu Amends Act 289, SLH 2025, to replace the Senior Residence at Iwilei parcel with the Westridge parcel, repeal the designation of affected parcels as public lands, change the transfer date for the Alii Tower parcel to 12/31/2026, change the deadline for approval by the City and County of Honolulu to 12/31/2027, change the repeal date to 1/1/2028, and repeal reenactment language.
Effective 7/1/3000.
(SD1)

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HD1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: HB1842 HD1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B.

HB1842 HD1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B.
NO.
1842 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026 H.D.
1 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT .

HD2

Hawaii published version HD2

Plain English: HB1842 HD2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B.

HB1842 HD2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B.
NO.
1842 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026 H.D.
2 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT .

SD1

Hawaii published version SD1

Plain English: HB1842 SD1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B.

HB1842 SD1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B.
NO.
1842 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026 H.D.
2 STATE OF HAWAII S.D.

Bill History

2026-04-30 H
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.
2026-04-29 H
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.
2026-04-28 H
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.
2026-04-27 H
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-26 10:45AM in conference room 224.
2026-04-24 S
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 820).
2026-04-23 H
House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Muraoka.
2026-04-21 H
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 717).
2026-04-21 S
Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Elefante Co-Chair; Chang.
2026-04-17 S
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
2026-04-16 H
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2026-04-14 H
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 628) in amended form (SD 1).
2026-04-14 S
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, Inouye, McKelvey, Rhoads, Richards. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2026-04-10 S
One Day Notice 04-14-26.
2026-04-10 S
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3710) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2026-04-07 S
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, Inouye ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..
2026-04-02 S
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2026-03-30 S
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2026-03-30 S
Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3246) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2026-03-23 S
The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Chang, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2026-03-20 S
The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
2026-03-18 S
Re-Referred to WLA, WAM.
2026-03-10 S
Referred to WLA, WAM/JDC.
2026-03-10 S
Passed First Reading.
2026-03-10 S
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 161).
2026-03-06 H
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Gedeon, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
2026-03-06 H
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 999-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2026-03-02 H
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
2026-02-27 H
Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-27 H
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-02-26.
2026-02-24 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-20 H
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
2026-02-20 H
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 711-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2026-02-17 H
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Ichiyama, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe.
2026-02-11 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-10 H
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and none excused (0).
2026-02-09 H
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 117-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
2026-02-04 H
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Muraoka; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.
2026-01-30 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-01-26 H
Referred to HSG, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1
2026-01-23 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2026-01-22 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
DLNR; DAGS; HHFDC; Real Property; Public Lands; Transfer; City and County of Honolulu
Amends Act 289, SLH 2025, to replace the Senior Residence at Iwilei parcel with the Westridge parcel, repeal the designation of affected parcels as public lands, change the transfer date for the Alii Tower parcel to 12/31/2026, change the deadline for approval by the City and County of Honolulu to 12/31/2027, change the repeal date to 1/1/2028, and repeal reenactment language. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

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HB1842

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1842

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating
to Government
.

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

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SECTION
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Act 289, Session Laws of Hawaii 2025,
is amended as follows:

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By amending section 1, subsection (a) to
read:

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"(a)
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Notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, the fee simple interest in the following parcels of land with the
existing improvements thereon (hereinafter "the properties") (but not
including submerged land, accreted land, or any land makai of the shoreline),
shall be conveyed by the department of land and natural resources, department
of accounting and general services, Hawaii housing finance and development
corporation, or other respective state agency, as grantor, to the city and
county of Honolulu as grantee, as is, where is, and subject to any existing
recorded ground leases, easements, and encumbrances:

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(1)
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[
TMK 1-1-5-7-2 (senior residence at
Iwilei);
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TMK 9‑8‑13-14 (Westridge);

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(2)
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TMK 1-1-5-7-1 (Liliha civic center);

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(3)
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TMK 1-1-7-27-1 (Aala park);

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TMK 1-1-5-9-1 (Institute for Human Services);

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TMK 1-1-5-9-2 (morgue addition);

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TMK 1-1-5-9-3 (morgue); and

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(7)
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TMK 1-1-5-9-10 (Iwilei fire station)."

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By amending section 2, subsection (d) to
read:

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Transfer of the parcel shall be effective
December 31, [
2025,
]
2026,
or upon final approval by the
city and county of Honolulu of the terms of the transfer, whichever occurs
later."

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By amending section 6 to read:

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"SECTION
6.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1,
2025, or the day after final approval by the city and county of Honolulu of the
terms of the transfer of the fee simple interest in land pursuant to part II of
this Act, whichever occurs later; provided that upon the completed transfer of
the fee simple interest in land pursuant to part II of this Act, the governor
shall notify the legislature and the revisor of statutes that the transfer was
filed or recorded with the bureau of conveyances; provided further that if the
city and county of Honolulu does not finalize approval of the terms of the
transfer required under part II of this Act by December 31, [
2026,
]
2027,

this Act shall be repealed on January 1, [
2027,
]
2028,
and
section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which
it read on the day before the effective date of this Act."

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SECTION
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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 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Real
Property; Public Lands; Transfer; City and County of Honolulu; DLNR; DAGS;
HHFDC;

Description:

Amends
Act 289, Session Laws of Hawaii 2025, to replace the Senior Residence at Iwilei
parcel with the Westridge parcel, change the transfer date for the Alii Tower
parcel to 12/31/2026, changes the deadline for approval by the City and County
of Honolulu to 12/31/2027, and changes the repeal date to 1/1/2028.

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