---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS."
description: "Beginning 7/1/2026, authorizes the State Historic Preservation Division to contract its review of proposed state projects and projects affecting historic properties to third-party consultants under certain circumstances. Establishes requirements for qualified third-party consultants providing review services. Requires the project proponent to pay the reasonable fee requirements of the third-party consultant. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to publish a draft of its proposed rules and later present its proposed final rules to the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Sunsets 6/30/2030. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 830"
citation: "Hawaii HB 830 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DLNR", "Historic Preservation Review", "Mixed-Use Development", "Residential Units", "Review and Comment", "SHPD", "Third-Party Consultants ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "EVSLIN", "HOLT", "KAHALOA", "KILA", "LAMOSAO", "LEE", "LOWEN", "M.", "MARTEN", "MATAYOSHI", "MIYAKE", "SOUZA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAKENOUCHI", "TARNAS", "TODD"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 60
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af2f9e19-35d1-451e-8dc3-8eb9b837e4d8"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=830&year=2025"
source_hash: "2f491f74331235c81295647aeccf9fd531a07d94621618b94fae015110f7035a"
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 830 (2025) — RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.

Beginning 7/1/2026, authorizes the State Historic Preservation Division to contract its review of proposed state projects and projects affecting historic properties to third-party consultants under certain circumstances. Establishes requirements for qualified third-party consultants providing review services. Requires the project proponent to pay the reasonable fee requirements of the third-party consultant. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to publish a draft of its proposed rules and later present its proposed final rules to the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Sunsets 6/30/2030. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB830** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB830_.HTM)
2. **HB830_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB830_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB830_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB830_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB830_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB830_HD2_.HTM)
5. **HB830_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB830_SD1_.HTM)
6. **HB830_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB830_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- EVSLIN — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- LEE — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- M. — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-08** Act 306, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1419). `became-law`
- **2025-07-08** Act 306, 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1419). `became-law`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto, Poepoe voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 237).
- **2025-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 237) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Hashem, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Muraoka.
- **2025-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Chang, Gabbard, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 882). `receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Senate Conferees Changed: Senator Kanuha added as Co-Chair. Senator Hashimoto discharged as Co-Chair.
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:00 PM; Conference Room 225.
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 225.
- **2025-04-25** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 3:00PM in Conference Room 224.
- **2025-04-24** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 10:45AM in conference room 229.
- **2025-04-23** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 10:45AM in conference room 229.
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:45AM; Conference Room 229.
- **2025-04-17** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 10:45AM; Conference Room 229.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788). `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Chang, Gabbard, Hashimoto Co-Chairs; McKelvey, DeCorte.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Miyake Co-Chairs; Muraoka.
- **2025-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 682) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2025-04-08** 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`
- **2025-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-04** Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1765) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2025-04-01** 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) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Kidani. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Reported from WTL/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1290) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
- **2025-03-18** The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Aquino, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** The committee(s) on WTL/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-12** Re-Referred to WTL/HOU, JDC/WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to HOU/WTL, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 291). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Perruso, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.
- **2025-02-28** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1038) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-02-25** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-02-13** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).
- **2025-02-13** Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 602), recommending referral to FIN.
- **2025-02-11** The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti, Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-02-06** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ward excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 215) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
- **2025-01-31** The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 01-31-25 9:15AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-23** Referred to HSG, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af2f9e19-35d1-451e-8dc3-8eb9b837e4d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).