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HI HB1451

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Adrian Tam

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes the Affordable Housing Land Inventory Task Force within the Hawaii Community Development Authority, with the director of the office of planning and sustainable development serving as chairperson.

  • Task force membership includes the comptroller, executive directors of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, Hawaii public housing authority, Hawaii community development authority, and land use commission, plus the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources.

  • Requires the task force to update maps, tier tables, and inventories of state lands suitable for affordable housing development; focus on existing urban lands; examine mixed-use development opportunities; identify lands for 100,000 new housing units; and submit findings and recommendations to the legislature by 20 days before the 2026 regular session.

  • Appropriates $1,000,000 from general revenues for fiscal year 2025-2026 to fund a staff position and contractual services for the task force.

  • Task force dissolves on January 1, 2026; act takes effect July 1, 3000.

Legislative Description

Relating To Affordable Housing.

Appropriation ($)

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3).

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Water & Land2/4/2025
Housing1/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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