Conference Committee

Good morning. I'd like to call to order this joint house and Senate Conference Committee hearing for Wednesday, April 29. We are on our 10AM agenda, and it's currently 10:02, and we're in Conference Room 224. First time on the agenda is HB2270 HD1SD1, relating to the down payment loan assistance program. On behalf of the house, we have myself and Representative Miyake as Co-Chairs and Representative Pierrick as Manager.

Senate conferees are Chair Chang, Co-Chair Hashimoto, and conferee for that one.

And at the request of the Senate, as they wait for their members to get here who are currently voting on other bills, we're gonna move this bill to the end of our agenda today. So the next item is HB22385 HD3SD1 related housing. On behalf of the house. We have myself and Representatives Ilagan and Miyake as Co-Chairs and Representative Cochran as manager.

Senate conferees, our Chair Chang, Co-Chair Hashimoto and Member Fevella.

We have agreement on this bill, and we have fin release and I believe you folks have WAM release. So, if it's agreeable to you, we will, be taking the vote. This bill authorizes HHFDC to off approve and certified general excise tax exemptions for certain housing development projects developed under county housing incentive programs. The agreed upon CD1 has been distributed to members and has the footer 2026-3353 CD1 proposed.

It's the language of the SD1 but effective upon approval and based on the recommendation of no tax sections two and three will apply to 01/01/2026 instead of the taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026.

Do we have agreement?

Yes. We do.

Awesome. We will go ahead and take the vote then. Voting on HB2385 HD1 HD3 SD1. The recommendation of the House and Senate managers is to pass, CD1 with amendments here.

[Roll call]

Aye. Awesome. We have a bill. Thank you, guys. Next item oh, actually, that's you.

Sorry.

Oh, next is Senate Bill 2060 relating to the rental housing revolving fund. Senate Conferees, are Chair Chang, Co-Chair Hashimoto, and Conferee Rhodes.

And on behalf of the house, we have myself and Representative Miyake as Co-Chairs and Representative Pierick as Manager.

So I believe we have agreement on a CD 1 and we do have land release, but we don't have fin release.

We don't have fin release yet.

Okay. So we'll defer this item until tomorrow at 10AM in this room, 224. Great.

Next item is HB1711 HD1 SD2, Aided Housing. On behalf of the house, we have myself and representative Miyake as co chairs, and representative Muraoka as manager.

Senate conferees are Chair Chang, Co-chair Hashimoto, and conferee Elefante.

And we have agreement and we have been released on this bill. I believe you folks have land release also?

Yes.

Okay, Great. Then we will go ahead and be taking the vote. This bill amends the period for HHFDCs rent to own program during which the sales price of a dwelling unit is required to remain fixed from five years to a period of up to ten years, and the agreed upon language, is the SD2 effective upon approval?

Is that agreeable to you, Senator Chang?

Yes. It is.

Great. So we take the vote on HB 1711, HD1, SD2.

The recommendation of the house and Senate managers is to pass with amendments. Chair votes, aye. Co-chair Miyake?

Aye.

And manager Muraoka?

Representative Muraoka, aye.

Aye.

Chair Chang?

Aye.

Co-chair Hashimoto?

Aye.

And Senator Elefante?

Aye.

Awesome. Thank you, guys. We have a bill. Next item on the agenda is HB 1713, HD1, SD1 with the New School Impact Fees. On behalf of the house, we have myself, and Representative Miyake as Co-chairs, and Representative Muraoka as manager.

Aye

Senate conferees, our Chair Chang, Co-chairs Kim and Hashimoto. That's it.

And we have agreement on this bill. We are still waiting on FIN release.

And we are still waiting on that release. Okay.

And I just wanna take a moment again to thank, Representative Hashimoto and Senator Chang for their hard work on this draft. Representative Miyake and Senator Hashimoto. Next item on the agenda is HB 1718. Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.

We're rolling this over to tomorrow, 10:00. Same room. Work for you?

Next item is HB 1718, HD1, SD1 within the housing.

Yes.

On behalf of the house, we have myself, and Representatives Hashem and Miyake as Co-chairs, and Representative Yamashita and Cochran as managers.

Senate conferees are Chair Chang, and Co-chairs Wakai and Hashimoto.

We have agreement on this bill, but we do not yet have released on your end. Right?

That's right.

Okay. So given that, if it's agreeable to you, if we could roll this over till 10:00 tomorrow in the same room.

Sounds good. Okay. Senate Bill 2069 relating to the Dwelling Unit Revolving Funds. Senate conferees are Chair Chang, Co-chair Hashimoto, and Manager Rhoads.

On behalf of the house, we have myself and representative Miyake as Co-chairs, and Representative Cochran as manager.

Okay. So I believe we have agreement on a CD1 and we do have WAM release.

And we have FIN release.

Okay. Great. So, we'll be ready to vote. So the bill extends the sunset date of the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot Program pursuant to an Act 92 SLH 2023 from 06/30/2028 to 06/30/2031. Requires any equity purchased by HHFDC under the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot Program to be in a for sale housing development project within a transit oriented development zone.

The CD1 extends the program until 2031, and it includes a new definition of a TOD zone. It mean TOD zone means for a county with a population of 500,000 or more, a transit oriented development infrastructure improvement program area pursuant to Section 206E-243 HRS, or for a county with a population of less than 500,000, a county designated transit area, an area situated along major bus routes, or an area within one half mile radius of a bus stop as defined by the respective county.

Sounds good to me.

Okay, so let's see. The recommendation of the house incentive managers is to pass with amendments. Chair Chang votes aye. Co chair Hashimoto?

Aye.

Aye.

Manager Rhoads?

May I take the vote on behalf of the house?

Yes, please.

Co-chair Evslin?

Aye.

Co chair Miyake and manager Cochran?

Aye.

Okay, we have a bill.

Okay

Our next Bill is Senate Bill 2338 relating to housing. Senate Conferees are Chair Chang, Co-Chair Hashimoto, and Manager Elefante.

On behalf of the house, we have myself and Representative Sayama and Miyake as Co-Chairs and Representative Murok as Manager.

K. We have agreed to a CD 1 for this measure, and we do have WAM release.

We don't yet haven't been released.

Okay. So we'll, roll this over until tomorrow at 10AM in this Room 224.

Thank you. Sounds good.

Our next measure is Senate Bill 2544 relating to housing. Senate managers are Chair Chang, Co-Chair Hashimoto, and Manager Rhoads.

On behalf of the House, we have myself and Representative Miyake as Co-Chairs and Representative Cochran as Manager.

Okay. We do have agreement on a CD1 and we do have land release.

And we have hand release.

Okay. Great. So I'll take the vote today if that's agreeable to you. Yep. So the bill establishes a five year Hawaii builds pilot program within the HHFDC.

It authorizes the use of DERF for a pilot program subject to an annual cap, mandates interagency coordination and expedited review for projects to facilitate timely delivery of projects, and requires annual reports to the legislature sunset sixthirtytwenty thirty one. The, funding request, the amount the pilot program can spend is capped at $20,000,000, and the effective date has been changed to upon approval.

Sounds good to me.

Okay. So let's take the vote. The recommendation of the house and Senate managers is to pass with amendments. Chair Chang, aye. Co-Chair Hashimoto Aye.

And manager Rhodes Aye. And take the vote for the house.

Yes, please.

[Roll call]

Recommendation is adopted. We have a bill.

Thank you, sir.

Okay. Our next bill is Senate Bill 2552 relating to the individual housing account program. Senate conferees are Chair Chang, Co-Chair Hashimoto, and Manager Fevella.

On behalf of the house, I have myself and representative Miyake as Co-Chairs and Representative Matsumoto as Manager.

K. We have agreement on a CD1, and we do have web release.

We do not have FIN release, and I think, we're probably gonna wait until we have approval on a budget likely before we wanna move forward on this.

Okay. So why don't we reconvene on this measure tomorrow, 10AM, in this room, 22.

Sounds good. And then

Okay. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

HB2270, which we moved from the beginning of our agenda to the end of our agenda. Give me one second. Again, on behalf of the house, we have myself and Representative Miyake as Co-Chairs and Representative Pierrick as Manager.

Senate conferees are Chair Chang, Co-Chair Hashimoto and Manager Fevella.

This sorry. We do have, fin release on this, and I believe you folks have lime release.

So, I believe we're ready to vote. This bill amends the down payment loan assistance program by removing the prohibition on combined loan to value ratios, clarifying the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's authority to establish interest rates and allow payment waivers and interest forgiveness, authorizing financial institutions, mortgage lenders, and other loan originators to originate down payment loans, and reducing the borrower's required personal contribution towards the down payment.

We do. Yes.

Authorizes borrowers to use a portion of a down payment loan to pay for closing costs, prepaids, and reserves the purchase of the residential property for which the down payment loan is provided. And the agreement that we have is, the CD1meffective upon approval. Is that right?

Yes. Okay. Great. Then we're ready to vote on HB2270 HD1 SD1. The recommendation of the House and Senate managers to pass with amendments.

[Roll call]

Thank you guys. We have a bill. And seeing no further business, this hearing is now adjourned.

Good morning. We're reconvening our conference committee on this, Wednesday, April 29 at 10:10 in Room 224. There are 3 items on this agenda. The first being Senate Bill 3218 SD 2 HD 2 relating to bonds. On behalf of the Senate, myself as Chair, Hashimoto Co-Chair, and Fevella as a Member.

And on behalf of the house, we have myself and Representative Miyake as Co-Chairs and Representative Muraoka as Manager.

It's been a pleasure working with you on the language. I have to make mention that for the CD 1, we have agreement on language, but we'll be making a few more amendments that we'll share with you when draft of the CD 1 is ready for prime time. Since we do not have our money committees released yet, I'd like to offer for us to come back and reconvene tomorrow, April 30 at 10:10 in this same room.

Sounds good. And I appreciate your folks continued work on this.

My pleasure.

The next measure is Senate Bill 3219 HD3 proposing amendments to Article seven, sections twelve and thirteen of the state constitution. On behalf of the Senate, myself as Chair, Rhoads, Hashimoto as Co-Chairs, Fevella as a Member.

And on behalf of the house, we have myself and Representatives Tarnas and Miyake as Co-Chairs and representative Muraoka as Manager.

Okay. Likewise on this, measure. We have all the language worked out and are waiting for our money committee's release. So if it's okay with you, I'd like to see you here tomorrow, Thursday, April 30 in Room 224 at 10:10 in

the morning. Sounds great. Thanks. Next item is HB1741 HD2SD1 living to housing. On behalf of the house.

We have myself and Representatives Hashem, Tarnas and Miyake as Co-Chairs and Representative Cochran as Manager.

Sorry on behalf of the Senate myself as Chair, Chang, Hashimoto as Co-Chairs.

So, so I think we have a tentative agreement on language. We're going through one last, CD1 drafting request, which will get you folks that draft as soon as we get it back. Hopefully, in the next few hours, at which time we can probably both put in maybe a revised finished land release request, because the language has changed a little bit. The changes in the draft that are ongoing was based partially on county feedback.

I think we're addressing all the concerns brought to us by by counties.

And then, WHAM, in a lot of ways, I think, made the bill better when it went through that committee and that they took out a lot of the the harsher language. And what the bill really is asking now is just for sort of disclosure on how a county got to their affordable housing requirements. And so I think what we're amending the preamble just to reflect that the bill has changed significantly, and and it's really just a disclosure and transparency study bill.

So if, if it's agreeable to you, if we can roll this over to tomorrow, 10:10 in the same room, and hopefully by then we'll have agreed upon CD1and, and waiting for release maybe.

We'll see you then.

Okay. Awesome. Thank you, folks. We'll see you. Sing no for the next.

Good morning. I'd like to call to order the joint House and Senate conference committee hearing for Wednesday, April 29. We are on our 10:30am agenda in Conference Room 224. It's currently 10:35. The only item on the agenda is HB2606 HD 2 sorry.

HB2606 HD 2 SD 1 relating to off-site construction. On behalf of the house, we have myself and and Representatives Hashima and Miyake as Co-Chairs and Representative Pierick as Manager.

Thank you. On behalf of the Senate, myself as Chair, Co-Chair Hashimoto is excused and Manager Inouye is present.

And we have agreement on a CD 1, but we're still both waiting on Fin and Wam release, I believe. So if it's agreeable to you, Senator Fukunaga, if we could roll this over till tomorrow, 10:30AM in the same room.

Excellent.

Awesome. We'll see

you tomorrow. Thank you guys. Okay.

Thank you very much.

This hearing is now adjourned.

Good afternoon. We're convening the, conference committees on our 10:45AM agenda here in State Capital Conference Room 224. Up first is Senate Bill 3028 relating to property conveyance on behalf of the Senate and myself as Chair with Co-Chairs Wakai and Kim.

And on behalf of the house, we have myself and Representative Todd as Co-Chairs and Representative Muraoka as Manager.

Thank you. I believe we're in discussion on this. We should have draft with some more detail shortly. Can we roll this to tomorrow 10:45AM here in Conference Room 224?

That sounds good to me. Thank you, sir. Next item on the agenda is HB1842 HD 2 SD 1, made in government. On behalf of the house, we have myself and Representatives Hashimoto and Yamashita as Co-Chairs and Representative Murak as Manager.

Thank you for the Senate. Myself as Chair with Co-Chair Elefante and Senator Chang.

We are still working on a CD 1. So if you are agreeable, we could roll this over to tomorrow, 10:45 in the same room.