Part I: Substitutes the word "tax increment" with "resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity" for purposes of the Resilient Infrastructure for Shelter and Equity Act, except under certain circumstances. Part II: Conforms state law concerning county debt limits to permit counties to exclude resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds from the debt limit of the counties, if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds and excluding resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds from determinations of the counties' funded debt is ratified. (CD1)
us/states/hi
Hawaii Legislature
2026
SB 3218
Hawaii SB 3218 (2026)
bill
Counties
County Debt Limit Statements
Resilient Infrastructure for Shelter and Equity Bonds
Part I: Substitutes the word "tax increment" with "resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity" for purposes of the Resilient Infrastructure for Shelter and Equity Act, except under certain circumstances. Part II: Conforms state law concerning county debt limits to permit counties to exclude resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds from the debt limit of the counties, if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds and excluding resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds from determinations of the counties' funded debt is ratified. (CD1)
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2026-05-08 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
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 Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1). 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
2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 219-26) as amended in (CD 1).
2026-05-01 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.
2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 219-26).
2026-05-01 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
2026-05-01 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) Wakai, Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-30 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.
2026-04-29 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.
2026-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.
2026-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 10:10AM; CR 224.
2026-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-26 10:10AM; Conference Room 224.
2026-04-23 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-24-26 10:10AM in conference room 224.
2026-04-21 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718). receipt
2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). receipt
2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Miyake Co-Chairs; Muraoka.
2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). receipt
2026-04-16 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
2026-04-16 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 762). introduction, receipt
2026-04-14 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
2026-04-10 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2143-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2026-04-08 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey. committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-07 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-08-26 1:56PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-04-07 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-08-26. deferral
2026-04-02 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-04-02 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26. deferral
2026-03-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-03-23 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) Cochran, Kong, Lowen, Perruso, Poepoe, Quinlan excused (6). reading-2, referral-committee
2026-03-23 Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1321-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2026-03-18 The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica. committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-16 Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 03-18-26 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-03-12 Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
2026-03-12 Pass First Reading reading-1
2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 381) in amended form (SD 2). introduction, receipt
2026-03-10 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
2026-03-05 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.
2026-03-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2843) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2026-03-03 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, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-25 The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-03-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. deferral
2026-02-23 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 10:56AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2026-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
2026-02-19 Reported from EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2454) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2026-02-17 The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Richards. committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-13 The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 02-17-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
2026-02-02 Referred to EIG, WAM. referral-committee
2026-01-28 Passed First Reading. reading-1
2026-01-28 Introduced. introduction
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bccab325-0ef7-4193-98f9-c3f8c15d9c7e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).