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HB 1247STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

Exempts affordable housing and certain qualifying housing development projects from HEPA. Establishes a definition of "program" and "project" to preempt the existing definitions under section 11-200.1-2, Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules, and narrow the existing interpretation that requires analysis of tangentially related projects. Amends the applicability and requirements section of HEPA to clarify when multiple actions must be considered in the same environmental review document for the purposes of project segmentation. Expands the requirement that project opponents must exhaust their administrative remedies as a prerequisite to litigation to apply to environmental assessments and environmental impact statements. Retroactively applies to projects that received approval for their environmental assessment or environmental impact statement on or after August 9, 2019.

Voted 12/11/2023

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Action history

  1. 12/11/2023Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
  2. 2/3/2023The committee(s) on HSG/EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
  3. 1/31/2023Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG/EEP on Friday, 02-03-23 10:35AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  4. 1/30/2023Referred to HSG/EEP, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3
  5. 1/25/2023Introduced and Pass First Reading.
  6. 1/24/2023Pending introduction.