Hawaii Senate Bill 491

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
Pending: Senate Housing Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Expands from forty-five days to sixty days, the time within which: any agency that reviews and comments upon an application for a business or development-related permit, license, or approval for a Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation housing project shall respond; a county shall approve, approve with modification, or disapprove housing projects developed by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; and the Land Use Commission shall approve, approve with modification, or disapprove a boundary change for a Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation housing project. Clarifies that the provisions that require agencies, counties, and the Land Use Commission to act within sixty days, or deem their failure to do so as their acceptance or approval of the application, project, or petition, do not apply to applications, projects, and petitions that have been withdrawn.

Relating To Affordable Housing.

Sen. Brandon Elefante [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-01-27	Senate	Re-Referred to HOU/WTL, JDC.
2023-01-25	Senate	Referred to HOU/PSM/WTL, JDC.
2023-01-20	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-01-20	Senate	Introduced.

SB491 (Carry Over) 2023-01-27 - Re-Referred to HOU/WTL, JDC.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=491&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB491_.HTM