---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO HOUSING."
description: "Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Hawaii SB 65 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations ($)", "HPHA", "Public Housing", "Rehabilitation", "Remodeling", "Renovation", "Repair"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "FEVELLA", "FUKUNAGA", "GABBARD", "HASHIMOTO", "MCKELVEY", "MORIWAKI", "RHOADS", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff25196e-57f3-4ad0-b7e1-1135641f2f6b"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=65&year=2025"
source_hash: "67a96894261e9067c60cf1f04955acf37ac3a1ae472040dc8130e10588c96d81"
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 65 (2025) — RELATING TO HOUSING.

Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB65** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB65_.HTM)
2. **SB65_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB65_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB65_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB65_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB65_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB65_SD1_.HTM)
5. **SB65_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB65_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- CHANG — primary (person)
- FEVELLA — primary (person)
- FUKUNAGA — primary (person)
- GABBARD — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MORIWAKI — primary (person)
- RHOADS — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- Wakai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Act 182, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). `became-law`
- **2025-06-06** Act 182, 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). `became-law`
- **2025-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **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; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). `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** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 119) as amended in (CD 1).
- **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. 119).
- **2025-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.
- **2025-04-23** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.
- **2025-04-21** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 10:25AM; Conference Room 224.
- **2025-04-17** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 829). `receipt`
- **2025-04-17** Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.
- **2025-04-21** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754). `receipt`
- **2025-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Miyake Co-Chairs; Pierick.
- **2025-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590). `receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 455). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1907), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-03-28** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-28-25 1:59PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-27** The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-28-25. `deferral`
- **2025-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-18** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Muraoka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1359) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2025-03-14** 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, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 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, FIN, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 74) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** 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`
- **2025-02-27** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
- **2025-02-27** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 726) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2025-02-18** 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, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-18-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2025-02-03** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 5) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2025-01-23** 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, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 01-23-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-01-16** Referred to HOU, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Pending Introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff25196e-57f3-4ad0-b7e1-1135641f2f6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).