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SB2182 • 2026

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.

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Sponsor
CHANG, FEVELLA, KIDANI, Richards
Last action
2026-01-26
Official status
Referred to CPN/WLA, JDC.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.
  • Residential Leases; State Lands; County Lands; Exemption Exempts state and county lands leased after July 1, 2026, for an initial period of not less than 99 years from chapters 516 and 516D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-26 S

    Referred to CPN/WLA, JDC.

  2. 2026-01-21 S

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

  3. 2026-01-14 S

    Pending Introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.
Residential Leases; State Lands; County Lands; Exemption
Exempts state and county lands leased after July 1, 2026, for an initial period of not less than 99 years from chapters 516 and 516D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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SB2182

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2182

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to residential leaseholds
.

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

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SECTION
1
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Section 516-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:

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Applicability.
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This chapter applies to all lands leased as
residential lots [
which
]
that
are owned or held privately or
owned by the State or its political subdivisions, except
:

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(1)
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Hawaiian home lands [
which
]
that

are subject to Article XII of the Constitution of the State [
and lands
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;

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(2)
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Lands
owned or held by the federal
government[
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; and

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(3)
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State and county lands leased after July 1,
2026, for an initial period of not less than ninety-nine years.

This
chapter is not meant to supersede or preclude any other remedy at law available
to residential leasehold lessees or the State, including those available under
chapter 480."

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SECTION
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Section 516D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:

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Applicability.
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This chapter applies to all lands on which
are situated either residential condominium property regimes created under
chapter 514B or any predecessor thereto, or cooperative housing corporations,
which are owned or held privately or by the State or by the counties, except
:

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(1)
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Hawaiian
home lands [
which
]
that
are subject to Article XII of the
Constitution of the State [
and lands
]
;

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Lands

owned or held by the federal government[
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; and

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State
and county lands leased after July 1, 2026, for an initial period of not less
than ninety-nine years.
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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 on July 1, 2026.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Residential
Leases; State Lands; County Lands; Exemption

Description:

Exempts
state and county lands leased after July 1, 2026, for an initial period of not
less than 99 years from chapters 516 and 516D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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