---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PLAN."
description: "Amends Hawaii State Planning Act to prioritize housing opportunities for extremely low- to above moderate- income households, require periodic updates to functional plans, and amend member nomination process for advisory committees for the functional plans. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 599"
citation: "Hawaii HB 599 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hawaii State Planning Act", "Rental and for-Sale Affordable Housing", "Extremely Low- to Above Moderate- Income Housing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NAKASHIMA"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1004790-54a0-482d-be03-a75b071f5929"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=599&year=2017"
source_hash: "6b6dbfa0c9b4a19e0f75d0b19c48eac4570b4d2d7effaa5b0209f0fbac6e5458"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 599 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PLAN.

Amends Hawaii State Planning Act to prioritize housing opportunities for extremely low- to above moderate- income households, require periodic updates to functional plans, and amend member nomination process for advisory committees for the functional plans. (SD2)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB599** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB599_.HTM)
2. **HB599_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB599_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB599_HD1_PROPOSED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB599_HD1_PROPOSED_.HTM)
4. **HB599_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB599_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20** Pending introduction.
- **2017-01-23** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to EDB, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-11** Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by EDB on Wednesday, 02-15-17 9:00AM in House conference room 309. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
- **2017-02-15** The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Keohokalole, Holt, Johanson, Takumi, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** Reported from EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 647) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2017-02-17** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-28-17 1:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-02-28** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) DeCoite, LoPresti, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 901), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, McDermott excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 125). `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to HOU/ETT, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Re-Referred to HOU, WAM.
- **2017-03-16** The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-17 2:45PM in conference room 225.
- **2017-03-21** The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Espero, Harimoto, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Keith-Agaran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1028) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2017-03-23** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2017-03-31** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-17 1:35PM in conference room 211.
- **2017-04-03** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1469) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2017-04-06** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-17.
- **2017-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 593) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2017-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Nakashima, Keohokalole Co-Chairs; Brower, Ward.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 585).
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Espero Chair; Dela Cruz Co-Chair; Harimoto.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
- **2017-04-27** House Conferee(s) discharged.
- **2017-04-27** Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 630).
- **2017-04-27** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-17.
- **2017-04-28** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 633).
- **2017-04-28** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2017-04-28** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Ing, McDermott, Quinlan, Thielen, Tokioka excused (6).
- **2017-04-28** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 638).
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-07-07** Act 082, on 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1183). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-07** Act 082, 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1183). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1004790-54a0-482d-be03-a75b071f5929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).