S.C.R. 91 Summary

• Requests the Governor to establish a task force to examine and recommend improvements to the state building code adoption procedures, citing a 2019 study projecting Hawaii needs 50,156 additional homes by 2025.

• Task force directed to evaluate whether the current state building code adoption process is effective, whether county building codes should be eliminated in favor of a statewide code, and examine financial impacts on construction and housing prices.

• Task force composition includes the Governor (chair), State Comptroller, directors of planning departments from all four counties, one House member, one Senate member, and representatives from building industry associations (Building Industry Association, General Contractors Association, Subcontractors Association, and NAIOP Hawaii).

• Governor and Department of Accounting and General Services requested to provide administrative support to the task force.

• Task force required to submit findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2025 Regular Session convenes.