---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY."
description: "Includes any parcels owned by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority as areas that may be closed to the public. Specifies required signage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 602"
citation: "Hawaii SB 602 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HPHA", "Offices and Facilities", "Public Closure", "Public Housing", "Trespassing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "CHANG", "KIDANI", "MORIWAKI", "RHOADS", "WAKAI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7e348b3-bbb6-40f7-808c-f329ddc726a8"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=602&year=2025"
source_hash: "11ead1656e83622e206585ad947acd226e3e5c4d8a7159a02032bfe5b2dec5ce"
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 SB 602 (2025) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Includes any parcels owned by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority as areas that may be closed to the public. Specifies required signage.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB602** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB602_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- CHANG — primary (person)
- KIDANI — primary (person)
- MORIWAKI — primary (person)
- RHOADS — primary (person)
- WAKAI — primary (person)
- Hashimoto — cosponsor (person)
- Richards — cosponsor (person)
- San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-24** Act 027, on 04/23/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1127). `became-law`
- **2025-04-24** Act 027, 04/23/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1127). `became-law`
- **2025-04-08** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 622). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2038), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-04-02** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 04-02-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-18** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1346), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2025-03-14** The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 03-14-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to HSG, JHA, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 176). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** One Day Notice 03-04-25.
- **2025-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 955) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:20AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-02-10** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 147) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
- **2025-01-30** The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27** The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-25 1:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-01-23** Referred to HOU, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7e348b3-bbb6-40f7-808c-f329ddc726a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).