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SB85 • 2026

RELATING TO PERMITS.

RELATING TO PERMITS.

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Sponsor
ELEFANTE, AQUINO, CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, KANUHA, LEE, C., Moriwaki
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Re-Referred to EIG/EDU, JDC.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO PERMITS.

RELATING TO PERMITS.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO PERMITS.
  • DOE; University of Hawaii; School Facilities Authority; County Permit Exemptions; Repetitive Construction Establishes an exemption from applicable county permit requirements for repetitive construction projects for facilities under the control of the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, or School Facilities Authority.
  • Repeals 1/1/2030.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 S

    Re-Referred to EIG/EDU, JDC.

  2. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  3. 2025-01-16 S

    Referred to EIG/EDU/HRE, JDC.

  4. 2025-01-15 S

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

  5. 2025-01-08 S

    Pending Introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO PERMITS.
DOE; University of Hawaii; School Facilities Authority; County Permit Exemptions; Repetitive Construction
Establishes an exemption from applicable county permit requirements for repetitive construction projects for facilities under the control of the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, or School Facilities Authority. Repeals 1/1/2030.

Current Bill Text

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SB85

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

85

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating
to Permits
.

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

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SECTION
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Chapter 46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as
follows:

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County permit exemption; repetitive
construction projects.
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A contract for repetitive construction
projects of facilities under the control of the department of education,
university of Hawaii, or school facilities authority shall be exempt from any
applicable county permit requirement due to any county agency having
jurisdiction over the proposed action; provided that no contract for repetitive
construction projects shall be exempt from federal, state, or county floodplain
management development standards or statutes, codes, ordinances, rules, or
regulations with which compliance is required under the National Flood
Insurance Program.
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SECTION
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Section 103-39.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:

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�103-39.5
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Construction,
renovation, or repair of school facilities; county permit exemption.
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Any contract for the construction,
renovation, or repair of [
public school
] facilities
under the control
of the department of education, university of Hawaii, or school facilities authority

shall be exempt from any
county
requirement [
of a county
] that
related off-site improvements be made by the contracting government agency as a
condition to the issuance of any permit."

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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 and shall be repealed on January
1, 2030; provided that section 103-39.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be
reenacted in the form in which it read on the day before the effective date of
this Act.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DOE;
University of Hawaii; School Facilities Authority; County Permit Exemptions;
Repetitive Construction

Description:

Establishes
an exemption from applicable county permit requirements for repetitive
construction projects for facilities under the control of the Department of
Education, University of Hawaii, or School Facilities Authority.
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Repeals 1/1/2030.

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