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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING."
description: "Authorizes qualified nonprofit housing trusts to repurchase affordable units developed with government assistance when a government entity waives its first right of refusal to repurchase the unit. Authorizes counties to waive a first right of refusal to repurchase a privately-developed affordable housing unit built pursuant to a unilateral agreement or similar instrument. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1244"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1244 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Affordable Housing Units", "Transfer", "Qualified Nonprofit Housing Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ESPERO", "HARIMOTO", "K. Kahele", "Keith-Agaran", "Nishihara"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bd06096-639b-4e1c-a988-018db722ee8a"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1244&year=2017"
source_hash: "fbe430a597d1bb01b80418708a7f9784a4eb679ed1d47b9aab59725e7559e1a5"
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 1244 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Authorizes qualified nonprofit housing trusts to repurchase affordable units developed with government assistance when a government entity waives its first right of refusal to repurchase the unit. Authorizes counties to waive a first right of refusal to repurchase a privately-developed affordable housing unit built pursuant to a unilateral agreement or similar instrument. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB1244** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1244_.HTM)
2. **SB1244_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1244_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1244_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1244_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB1244_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1244_HD2_.HTM)
5. **SB1244_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1244_SD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **20** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **30** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **250** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **40** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **30** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **150** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **100** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **70** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- ESPERO — primary (person)
- HARIMOTO — primary (person)
- K. Kahele — primary (person)
- Keith-Agaran — primary (person)
- Nishihara — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-25** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2017-01-27** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to HOU/GVO, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** The committee(s) on HOU/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-17 2:45PM in conference room 225.
- **2017-02-14** 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) Espero, Harimoto, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Nishihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Ruderman, Galuteria, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** Reported from HOU/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 498) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2017-02-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2017-02-22** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-24-17 9:30AM in conference room 211.
- **2017-02-24** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 828) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2017-03-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-17.
- **2017-03-07** 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`
- **2017-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 370) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Thursday, 03-16-17 10:00AM in House conference room 423.
- **2017-03-16** The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Brower, Nakamura, Aquino, Hashem, Quinlan, San Buenaventura, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1233) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2017-03-23** 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) Aquino, Ichiyama, Souki excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-31-17 3:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-03-31** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1741) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-11-17.
- **2017-04-11** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, Quinlan excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 579). `introduction`
- **2017-04-13** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 677).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Brower, Nakamura Co-Chairs; McDermott.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Espero Chair; Kim, Harimoto Co-Chairs.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
- **2017-04-19** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-17 1:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2017-04-21** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-17 1:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2017-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-17 1:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2017-04-26** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 1:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2017-04-27** 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) Espero, Kim, Harimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Brower, Nakamura; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 95).
- **2017-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 95) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
- **2017-05-03** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
- **2017-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-11** Act 159, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-11** Act 159, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bd06096-639b-4e1c-a988-018db722ee8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).