Hawaii legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii SB3219: Proposing Amendments to Article Vii, Sections 12 and 13, of the Hawaii State Constitution.
Status: Passed both chambers, May 8, 2026
Proposes constitutional amendments to expressly provide that the Legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as the counties, to issue housing infrastructure growth bonds, and exclude these bonds from determinations of the funded debt of the political subdivisions for specified public works, public improvements, or other actions necessary for new housing development.
What the bill says
A bill for an act proposing amendments to article vii, sections 12 and 13, of the hawaii state constitution.
From the enrolled text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION. SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii faces a severe and ongoing shortage of housing for local residents and that this crisis cannot be solved without large, sustained investments in the infrastructure needed to produce new homes. In particular, there is a shortage of infrastructure in transit-oriented development areas and other priority growth areas across all counties. State-funded planning efforts and the Hawaii TOD Infrastructure Financing and Delivery Strategy Study documented that four transit-oriented-development pilot areas alone will require hundreds of millions of dollars in new water, wastewater, drainage, road, and sea-level-rise mitigation projects to support thousands of new homes. Existing funding mechanisms--individual project-by-project contributions and irregular capital improvement program appropriations--are fragmented, inequitable, and insufficient to provide the scale and timing of revenue needed for these infrastructure 2026-2342 SB3219 CDl SMA.docx Page S.B. NO. investments. Without adequate funding for housing infrastructure, Hawaii will not be able to solve its dire shortage of housing. The legislature further finds that counties have limited tools to raise the revenues necessary to support housing-enabling infrastructure. The Hawaii TOD Infrastructure Financing and Delivery Strategy Study, funded by the legislature pursuant to Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, concluded that additional tools, especially value capture mechanisms, …
Sponsors
- Troy Hashimoto (D, 5) · primary sponsor
- Stanley Chang (D, 9)
- Jarrett Keohokalole (D, 24)
- Angus McKelvey (D, 6)
Latest actions
- : Enrolled to Governor.
- : Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
- : Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).
- : Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1).
- : Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- : Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
- : Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 220-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- : 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.
- : Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 220-26).
- : The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Tarnas, Miyake, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
Votes
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1) (May 6, 2026): 25 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1) (May 6, 2026): 50 yea, 0 nay, passed
- none. (May 1, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Conference Committee Vote (May 1, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Garcia, Gedeon, Iwamoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1) (April 14, 2026): 49 yea, 1 nay, passed
- FIN: recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS (April 8, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Report, Housing, Appropriations, Counties, Insurance, Study
Common questions
- What is SB3219?
- SB3219 is a bill in the Hawaii Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Proposing Amendments to Article Vii, Sections 12 and 13, of the Hawaii State Constitution.
- What does SB3219 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act proposing amendments to article vii, sections 12 and 13, of the hawaii state constitution.
- What is the status of SB3219?
- Passed both chambers as of May 8, 2026. Latest action: Enrolled to Governor. (May 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB3219?
- Troy Hashimoto (D, 5), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB3219?
- On the Hawaii Legislature website: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3219&year=2026
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