---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO HOUSING."
description: "Expands the counties' authorization to exercise the same powers as the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation for purposes of developing, constructing, financing, refinancing, or providing mixed-use developments. Applies to bond proceeds expended by a county after 12/31/2023. Sunsets 6/30/2028. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2337"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2337 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond Proceeds", "County Powers", "HHFDC", "Housing", "Mixed-Use Developments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "CHANG", "HASHIMOTO", "KANUHA", "KIDANI", "MORIWAKI", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee0d8b9b-4217-4568-b155-3ab2e3a1374c"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2337&year=2024"
source_hash: "28945184758d770ddfe140427e905d47bf42d0e0f947530735b8721b355ea0b3"
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 2337 (2024) — RELATING TO HOUSING.

Expands the counties' authorization to exercise the same powers as the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation for purposes of developing, constructing, financing, refinancing, or providing mixed-use developments. Applies to bond proceeds expended by a county after 12/31/2023. Sunsets 6/30/2028. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2337** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2337_.HTM)
2. **SB2337_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2337_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2337_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2337_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB2337_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2337_HD2_.HTM)
5. **SB2337_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2337_SD1_.HTM)
6. **SB2337_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2337_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- CHANG — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- KANUHA — primary (person)
- KIDANI — primary (person)
- MORIWAKI — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- Wakai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-31** Act 045, 05/30/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145). `became-law`
- **2024-05-31** Act 045, on 05/30/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145). `became-law`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Hussey-Burdick voting no (1) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2024-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 86-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2024-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 86-24).
- **2024-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Aiu, Morikawa, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2024-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Aquino, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 11:00AM; Conference Room 224.
- **2024-04-23** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 11:00AM; Conference Room 224.
- **2024-04-22** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791). `receipt`
- **2024-04-19** House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Aiu Co-Chairs; Morikawa, Onishi, Matsumoto.
- **2024-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678). `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Aquino Co-Chair; Hashimoto.
- **2024-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 673). `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-11** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 699). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-04-09** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-05** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1845-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-04-02** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kobayashi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-02-24 4:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-20** 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) Holt, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Lowen, Nakashima excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1219-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2024-03-13** The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Aiu, Kitagawa, Miyake, Onishi, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kila. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 03-13-24 10:00AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 104) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** 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`
- **2024-03-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-24.
- **2024-03-01** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3051) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2024-03-01** 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, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-01-24 9:55AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2024-02-13** The committee on WAM deferred the measure. `deferral`
- **2024-02-09** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-13-24 10:05AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
- **2024-02-05** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2135) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2024-02-01** 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) Chang, Hashimoto, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino, Kanuha. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** The committee(s) on HOU deferred the measure until 02-01-24 1:00PM; Conference Room 225. `deferral`
- **2024-01-26** The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-24 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2024-01-24** Re-Referred to HOU, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to HOU/PSM, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee0d8b9b-4217-4568-b155-3ab2e3a1374c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).