---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING."
description: "Establishes a statewide sustainability branch within the Office of Planning. Updates and reaffirms the role of the office to coordinate among state agencies regarding climate change adaptation and sustainability. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2486"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2486 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Office of Planning", "Statewide Planning", "COVID-19 Economic Resilience", "Climate Change", "Sustainability", "Statewide Sustainability Branch"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "YAMANE"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1ee0e75-69da-48fc-94d0-31b80306456c"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2486&year=2020"
source_hash: "283d8c1ff695d05c4cb846f0530d0a2016ca6e5805a42b9d882bb81d5742b26f"
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 2486 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING.

Establishes a statewide sustainability branch within the Office of Planning. Updates and reaffirms the role of the office to coordinate among state agencies regarding climate change adaptation and sustainability. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2486** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2486_.HTM)
2. **HB2486_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2486_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2486_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2486_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB2486_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2486_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB2486_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2486_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- YAMANE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Pending introduction.
- **2020-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Referred to EEP/WLH, FIN, referral sheet 5 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/WLH on Thursday, 02-06-20 9:15AM in House conference room 325.
- **2020-02-06** The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Har, Tarnas, Todd, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Todd, Har, Lowen, Tarnas, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from EEP/WLH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 468-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2020-02-13** 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) Eli, Har excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-20 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2020-02-21** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Wildberger, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1005-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-03-20.
- **2020-03-03** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Thielen voting no (1) and Representative(s) Creagan, Eli excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 335). `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** Referred to WTL/AEN, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** The committee(s) on WTL/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-20 1:20PM in conference room 224.
- **2020-03-16** The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
- **2020-06-19** The committee(s) on WTL/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 06-24-20 12:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2020-06-24** The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Keith-Agaran, Nishihara, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ruderman, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-26** Reported from WTL/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3692) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2020-06-26** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2020-06-29** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 07-02-20 10:10AM in conference room Auditorium.
- **2020-07-02** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3786) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2020-07-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 07-06-20.
- **2020-07-06** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2020-07-06** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 602) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2020-07-08** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2020-07-08** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 417).
- **2020-07-10** Reconsideration of action taken on 07-08-20.
- **2020-07-10** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2020-07-10** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Ohno excused (2).
- **2020-07-10** Received notice of House reconsideration; agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 424).
- **2020-07-10** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2020-09-15** Act 045, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1150). `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-15** Act 045, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1150). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1ee0e75-69da-48fc-94d0-31b80306456c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).