Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii HB 1967
RELATING TO PERMITTING.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY (Democratic)
- AMATO (Democratic)
- BELATTI (Democratic)
- EVSLIN (Democratic)
- ILAGAN (Democratic)
- KAHALOA (Democratic)
- KAPELA (Democratic)
- KILA (Democratic)
- KUSCH (Democratic)
- LOWEN (Democratic)
- MARTEN (Democratic)
- MIYAKE (Democratic)
- MORIKAWA (Democratic)
- OLDS (Democratic)
- TAKENOUCHI (Democratic)
- TAM (Democratic)
- TARNAS (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Hawaii legislature· description
Implements certain recommendations of the SPEED Task Force. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop a permitting workforce pipeline in partnership with the University of Hawaii and community colleges and coordinate with state and county permitting agencies on certain tasks related to classification levels, salary and benefits, hiring, and responsibilities of employees. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2026 House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Feb 13, 2026 House | The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Feb 4, 2026 House | The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
Actions
- Jan 23, 2026 · House
Pending introduction. - Jan 26, 2026 · House
Introduced and Pass First Reading. - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Referred to ECD, HED, FIN, referral sheet 3 - Jan 30, 2026 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 02-04-26 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Feb 4, 2026 · House
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 144-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED. - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Friday, 02-13-26 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Feb 13, 2026 · House
The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, La Chica, Olds, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kila. - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 404-26), recommending referral to FIN. - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). - Feb 27, 2026 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Mar 2, 2026 · House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. - Mar 5, 2026 · House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 780-26), recommending passage on Third Reading. - Mar 5, 2026 · House
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. - Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 66). - Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Passed First Reading. - Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
Referred to EDT/EDU, WAM.