---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920."
description: "Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, to include children of a sibling as qualifying relatives of lessees for the purposes of lease transfer and lease successorship, in the same manner currently allowed for spouses, children, grandchildren, and siblings. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2309"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2309 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Hawaiian Home Lands", "Eligible Transferees and Successors to Homestead Leases", "HHCA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NAKAMURA"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a33e0059-47b7-4db4-a9ba-f17332bed5e7"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2309&year=2026"
source_hash: "45d332e501b1fe1d36e22ef55e6c65536e0688a0774a1319c9ca6e202e856c75"
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 2309 (2026) — RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920.

Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, to include children of a sibling as qualifying relatives of lessees for the purposes of lease transfer and lease successorship, in the same manner currently allowed for spouses, children, grandchildren, and siblings. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2309** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_.HTM)
2. **HB2309_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2309_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB2309_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2309_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- NAKAMURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-26** Act 164, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). `became-law`
- **2026-06-26** Act 164, 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). `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** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). `receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2026-04-29** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
- **2026-04-29** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 68-26).
- **2026-04-29** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
- **2026-04-29** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 68-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2026-04-28** 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) Richards, Gabbard, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-28** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kusch, Kahaloa, Poepoe, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2026-04-27** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 325.
- **2026-04-24** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 3:15PM; Conference Room 325.
- **2026-04-20** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 713). `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Senate Conferees Appointed: Richards Chair; Gabbard Co-Chair; DeCorte.
- **2026-04-20** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kusch Co-Chairs; Kahaloa, Poepoe, Garcia.
- **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. 678) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2026-04-14** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). 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. 3771) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2026-04-07** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-30** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Reported from HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3377) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
- **2026-03-24** The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HWN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Keohokalole. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** The committee(s) on HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 1:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-10** Referred to HWN, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 203). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1010-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-02-26** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-18** 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 none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 465-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2026-02-12** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-12-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-01-30** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 5 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a33e0059-47b7-4db4-a9ba-f17332bed5e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).