STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 1 5 2025
RE: H.C.R. No. 66
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and
Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 66 entitled:
"HOUSE 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,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent 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 in the State.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure
from Housing Hawai‘i's Future and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.
Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this
measure from one individual.
Your Committees find that compact residential buildings with
dwelling units centered around a single stairway and elevator
core, also known as buildings with point access blocks,
economically maximize available housing in the State. Point
access blocks provide floor-plan efficiency and a wider variety of
unit sizes for multifamily housing and are a popular construction
method in several European nations. However, the current State
Building Code provides that most residential buildings in the
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State must use double-loaded corridors, or a layout involving two
stairways, which may waste space in an island setting where
available land is extremely limited. Accordingly, this measure
requests the State Building Code Council to allow for point access
block construction up to six stories for residential buildings in
the State as a means to increase the State's housing supply.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Housing that
are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the
intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 66, and recommend its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committees on Public Safety and
Military Affairs and Housing,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs
PSM
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
PSH / UOW
HCIA Q)(j
The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:______________________________________
The Recommendation is:
V Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C. (C)
WAKAI, Glenn (VC)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
RHOADS, Karl
DECORTE, Samantha
TOTAL 6 0
Recommendation:
LXl Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/09/24
 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Housing
HOU
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
HCJ2. 66 psM /Ho (J
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:______________________________________
The Recommendation is:
z^f^ass, unamended __ Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
CHANG, Stanley (C)
HASHIMOTO, Troy N. (VC)
AQUINO, Henry J.C.
KANUHA, Dru Mamo
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL
Recommendation:
1_^ Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/09/24