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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO HOUSING."
description: "Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide counties with an opportunity to comment on certain housing development projects. Prohibits the legislative body of a county from imposing stricter conditions than the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, stricter area median income requirements, or a reduction in fee waivers to housing development proposals that would increase the cost of the project. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Hawaii SB 38 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Fee Waivers", "HHFDC", "Housing Development", "Stricter Conditions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "FEVELLA", "HASHIMOTO", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/855ea0f3-217b-4167-b796-b78d31c85fca"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=38&year=2025"
source_hash: "2903bd7d1fa20fe1cb2a6def812a9536240d8a2d41b980fa1126b5e6e37da29a"
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 38 (2025) — RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide counties with an opportunity to comment on certain housing development projects. Prohibits the legislative body of a county from imposing stricter conditions than the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, stricter area median income requirements, or a reduction in fee waivers to housing development proposals that would increase the cost of the project. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB38_.HTM)
2. **SB38_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB38_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB38_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB38_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB38_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB38_HD2_.HTM)
5. **SB38_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB38_SD1_.HTM)
6. **SB38_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB38_SD2_.HTM)
## Votes
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) 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 JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **23–2** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- CHANG — primary (person)
- FEVELLA — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-07-03** Act 294, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1397). `became-law`
- **2025-07-03** Act 294, 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1397). `became-law`
- **2025-06-06** Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301)
- **2025-06-06** Notice of Intent to veto dated 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301)
- **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 Representative(s) Perruso, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Grandinetti, Hussey, Iwamoto, Olds, Poepoe voting no (7) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, Fevella, Kim, McKelvey, Moriwaki. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Ihara). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 77) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-24** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 77).
- **2025-04-24** 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) Chang, Rhoads, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Tarnas, La Chica, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Muraoka.
- **2025-04-24** 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) Chang, Rhoads, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 10:31AM; Conference Room 224.
- **2025-04-21** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 848). `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Tarnas Co-Chairs; La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka.
- **2025-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-10** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 626). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Belatti, Grandinetti voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Amato, Garcia, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Muraoka, Olds, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (10) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-04** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2040) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-04-02** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Poepoe, Perruso, Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 04-02-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-18** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1361) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **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, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Grandinetti; 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, JHA, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 70) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, Fevella, McKelvey, Moriwaki, Richards. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-02-27** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
- **2025-02-27** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 737) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2025-02-20** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-20-25 10:01AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-02-03** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 6) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2025-01-28** 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, Aquino, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-22** The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-01-23** Re-Referred to HOU, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Referred to HOU/EIG, JDC. `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/855ea0f3-217b-4167-b796-b78d31c85fca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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