Hawaii House Bill 1247

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
Pending: House Housing Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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, Hawaii 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.

Relating To Development Projects.

Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]

Rep. Micah Aiu [D]

Rep. Justin Woodson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-02-03	House	The committee(s) on HSG/EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
2023-01-31	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG/EEP on Friday, 02-03-23 10:35AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-01-30	House	Referred to HSG/EEP, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3
2023-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2023-01-24	House	Pending introduction.

SB1436 (Same As) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
HB1247 (Carry Over) 2023-02-03 - The committee(s) on HSG/EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1247&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1247_.HTM