STAND. COM. REP. NO. (4L1_24
Honolulu, Hawaii
2024
MAR 27
RE: H.C.R. No. 139
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No.
139 entitled:
?IHOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE BUILDING
CODE COUNCIL TO ADOPT, AMEND, OR UPDATE THE STATE BUILDING
CODE TO AUTHORIZE POINT ACCESS BLOCK CONSTRUCTION FOR
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS UP TO SIX STORIES IN THE STATE,”
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to request the State Building
Code Council to adopt, amend, or update the State Building Code to
authorize point access block construction for residential
buildings up to six stories.
Your Committee did not receive any written testimony on this
measure.
Your Committee finds that existing building code requirements
effectively mandate a double-loaded corridor building, where two
stairways access a corridor in the middle of the building with
units on each side. This can result in the dwelling units in
these buildings having daylight come only from one single exterior
wall with little to no cross ventilation. Your Committee further
finds that buildings with point access blocks are compact single
stair buildings with dwellings that are centered around a stairway
and elevator core and have a single point of access. Dwelling
units in buildings with point access blocks tend to be very
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flexible, with a higher proportion of units ranging from two- to
four—bedrooms. Your Committee believes that the State would
benefit from allowing the residential buildings to be constructed
to allow for point access blocks, which could alleviate the
State1s severe lack of housing by reducing construction costs.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 139
and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Consumer
Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Housing,
Jo~
LUKE A. EVSLIN, Chair
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State of Hawaii
House of Representatives ~
The Thirty-second Legislature
Record of Votes of the Committee on Housing
Bil esolution No.: Corn •ttee Referral: Date:
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D The committee is reconsidering its previous decision on the measure.
The recommendation is to: Pass, unamended (as is) 0 Pass, with amendments (HD) 0 Hold
Pass short form bill with HD to recommit for future public hearing (recommit)
HSG Members Ayes Ayes (WR) Nays Excused
1. EVSLIN, Luke A. (C)
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2. AW, Micah P.K. (VC) I
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3. KILA, Darius K. ‘I
4. KITAGAWA, Lisa
5. MIYAKE, Tyson K. I
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6. ONISHI, Richard H.K. I
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7. TODD, Chris
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8. MATSUMOTO, Lauren I
TOTAL(8) 1 0
The recommendation is: Adopted ~ Not Adopted
If joint referral, did not support recommendation.
committee acronym(s)
Vice Chair’s or designee’s signature: ~ I~
Distribution: Original (White) — Committee Duplicate (Yellow) — Chief Clerk’s Office Duplicate (Pink) — HMSO