---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO FARM EMPLOYEE HOUSING."
description: "Clarifies the allowable uses within agricultural districts with respect to farm dwellings and farm employee housing. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1737"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1737 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural Districts", "Agriculture", "Farm Dwelling", "Farm Employee Housing", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EVSLIN", "HUSSEY", "ILAGAN", "IWAMOTO", "KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY", "KILA", "KUSCH", "LEE", "M.", "MARTEN", "MATSUMOTO", "MIYAKE", "MORIKAWA", "REYES ODA", "SAYAMA", "SHIMIZU", "SOUZA", "TARNAS", "TODD"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 52
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/901a40b1-05fe-4910-ad53-3cdd94014ea2"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1737&year=2026"
source_hash: "680b2e12ead0c474c242fc9b2bc4683c53188cf28d99ef37125fb8699d81b053"
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 1737 (2026) — RELATING TO FARM EMPLOYEE HOUSING.

Clarifies the allowable uses within agricultural districts with respect to farm dwellings and farm employee housing. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1737** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1737_.HTM)
2. **HB1737_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1737_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1737_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1737_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB1737_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1737_HD2_.HTM)
5. **HB1737_HD3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1737_HD3_.HTM)
6. **HB1737_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1737_SD1_.HTM)
7. **HB1737_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1737_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EVSLIN — primary (person)
- HUSSEY — primary (person)
- ILAGAN — primary (person)
- IWAMOTO — primary (person)
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- KUSCH — primary (person)
- LEE — primary (person)
- M. — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MATSUMOTO — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- REYES ODA — primary (person)
- SAYAMA — primary (person)
- SHIMIZU — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- Amato — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-26** Act 034, on 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134). `became-law`
- **2026-05-26** Act 034, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134). `became-law`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2026-05-08** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Amato, Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Marten, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (4) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814). `receipt`
- **2026-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). `passage`
- **2026-05-01** Deferred one day 05-06-26. `deferral`
- **2026-04-29** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26
- **2026-04-29** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 25-26).
- **2026-04-29** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26.
- **2026-04-29** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 25-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2026-04-27** 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) Gabbard, Chang, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-27** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Hashem, Chun, Tarnas, Cochran; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2026-04-24** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 10:20AM in conference room 224.
- **2026-04-23** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 810). `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Chun, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Cochran.
- **2026-04-20** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 713). `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Chang, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Awa.
- **2026-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). `receipt`
- **2026-04-16** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-14** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 615) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2026-04-14** 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`
- **2026-04-10** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
- **2026-04-10** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3768) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2026-04-09** 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`
- **2026-04-02** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-30** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Reported from AEN/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3219) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2026-03-18** 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, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** 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, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, Elefante. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** The committee(s) on AEN/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-12** Referred to AEN/HOU, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 276). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
- **2026-03-06** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1195-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-03-04** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-04-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-20** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Perruso voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
- **2026-02-20** Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 599-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.
- **2026-02-18** The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-11** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 179-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
- **2026-02-06** The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Woodson. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG/WAL on Friday, 02-06-26 8:45AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-01-26** Referred to HSG/WAL, AGR, JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Prefiled.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/901a40b1-05fe-4910-ad53-3cdd94014ea2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).