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SB577 • 2026

RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT DISASTER RECOVERY PERMITS.

RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT DISASTER RECOVERY PERMITS.

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Sponsor
HASHIMOTO, AQUINO, CHANG, DECOITE, FEVELLA, KANUHA, Moriwaki
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Re-Referred to HOU/WLA, JDC.
Effective date
Not listed

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RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT DISASTER RECOVERY PERMITS.

RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT DISASTER RECOVERY PERMITS.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT DISASTER RECOVERY PERMITS.
  • Rental Housing Project Disaster Recovery Permits Authorizes departments to issue permits for the development of multi-family rental housing projects on state or county land that was used for a multi-family rental housing project before a state emergency.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 S

    Re-Referred to HOU/WLA, JDC.

  2. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  3. 2025-01-23 S

    Referred to HOU/WTL, JDC.

  4. 2025-01-17 S

    Passed First Reading.

  5. 2025-01-17 S

    Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT DISASTER RECOVERY PERMITS.
Rental Housing Project Disaster Recovery Permits
Authorizes departments to issue permits for the development of multi-family rental housing projects on state or county land that was used for a multi-family rental housing project before a state emergency.

Current Bill Text

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SB577

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

577

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to Rental Housing Project Disaster Recovery Permits
.

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

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SECTION 1.
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Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding a new section to part II to be appropriately designated and
to read as follows:

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Rental housing project disaster recovery
permits.
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(a)
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Subject to terms and conditions as the
department deems appropriate, a department may issue a special management area
rental housing project disaster recovery permit to an applicant to re-develop a
multi-family rental housing project on state or county land that was being used
for a multi-family rental housing project prior to the total or partial
destruction of the pre-existing project by a disaster for which the governor
has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency under chapter 127A.

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(b)
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Except as otherwise provided in this section
or under federal law, the issuance of a special management area rental housing
project disaster recovery permit shall be exempt from all government statutes,
charter provisions, ordinances, and rules relating to the issuance of special
management area use permits.

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(c)
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Upon issuance of a special management area
rental housing project disaster recovery permit, the lead agency shall file a notice
of the issuance in the next available issue of the periodic bulletin of the
office of planning and sustainable development.
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SECTION
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Section 205A-22, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted
and to read as follows:

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"Special
management area rental housing project disaster recovery permit" means an
action by a department authorizing the development of a multi-family rental
housing project on State or county land pursuant to section 205A-
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SECTION
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New statutory material is
underscored.

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SECTION
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This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Rental
Housing Project Disaster Recovery Permits

Description:

Authorizes
departments to issue permits for the development of multi-family rental housing
projects on state or county land that was used for a multi-family rental
housing project before a state emergency.

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