Legislative record

HB 2478STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO BONDS.

Authorizes the counties to implement housing infrastructure growth bonds. Conforms county debt limit statements law to permit counties to exclude housing infrastructure growth bonds from the debt limit of the counties if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of housing infrastructure growth bonds and excluding housing infrastructure growth bonds from determinations of the counties' funded debt is ratified. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Voted 3/10/2026

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

24 yea·0 nay·2 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 3/10/2026Referred to EIG, WAM.
  2. 3/10/2026Passed First Reading.
  3. 3/10/2026Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 214).
  4. 3/6/2026Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
  5. 3/6/2026Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1001-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  6. 3/2/2026The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
  7. 2/27/2026Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  8. 2/27/2026The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-02-26.
  9. 2/24/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  10. 2/17/2026Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lee, M., Poepoe excused (3).