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HI SB 903

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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did HI SB 903 pass?

Yes. HI SB 903 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-26): Act 032, 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132).

What is HI SB 903 about?

Amends the membership and responsibilities of the Public Land Trust Working Group established under Act 226, SLH 2022. Requires the Working Group to submit the following to the Legislature: by 8/1/2027, a first interim report regarding Act 178, SLH 2006, financial reporting and accounting; by 12/1/2027, a second interim report regarding the public land trust inventory; by 6/1/2028, a third interim report that includes a preliminary draft of findings and recommendations regarding Act 178 financial reporting and accounting and the public land trust inventory; and by 10/1/2028, a final report that includes proposed legislation. By 12/31/2028, requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to submit certain findings and considerations to the Legislature. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to provide administrative support to the Working Group in coordination with a third-party consultant. Appropriates funds from the Carry-Forward Trust Holding Account to be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to be expended solely for Native Hawaiian programs and services with critical, short-term funding needs in the areas of education, health, economic development, and community-based initiatives. Specifies that the transferred funds may not be used for planning, developing, or constructing residential or mixed-use projects or related infrastructure. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI SB 903?

KANUHA is the primary sponsor of HI SB 903.

Description

Amends the membership and responsibilities of the Public Land Trust Working Group established under Act 226, SLH 2022. Requires the Working Group to submit the following to the Legislature: by 8/1/2027, a first interim report regarding Act 178, SLH 2006, financial reporting and accounting; by 12/1/2027, a second interim report regarding the public land trust inventory; by 6/1/2028, a third interim report that includes a preliminary draft of findings and recommendations regarding Act 178 financial reporting and accounting and the public land trust inventory; and by 10/1/2028, a final report that includes proposed legislation. By 12/31/2028, requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to submit certain findings and considerations to the Legislature. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to provide administrative support to the Working Group in coordination with a third-party consultant. Appropriates funds from the Carry-Forward Trust Holding Account to be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to be expended solely for Native Hawaiian programs and services with critical, short-term funding needs in the areas of education, health, economic development, and community-based initiatives. Specifies that the transferred funds may not be used for planning, developing, or constructing residential or mixed-use projects or related infrastructure. (CD1)

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2026-05-26 — Act 032, 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • KANUHAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-26

    Act 032, 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132).

    became-law

  2. 2026-05-26

    Act 032, on 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-08

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. 2026-05-08

    Enrolled to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).

    passage

  6. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1).

    passage

  7. 2026-05-06

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. 2026-05-01

    Senate Conferees Changed: Senator Moriwaki added as Co-Chair. Senator Dela Cruz discharged as Co-Chair.

  9. 2026-05-01

    Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810).

    receipt

  10. 2026-05-01

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, Moriwaki, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-05-01

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kahaloa; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 216-26).

  13. 2026-05-01

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  14. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 216-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  15. 2026-05-01

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  16. 2026-04-30

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Richards Chair; Dela Cruz Co-Chair; DeCorte.

  17. 2026-04-30

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 802).

    receipt

  18. 2026-04-30

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 05-01-26 3:50PM; Conference Room 325.

  19. 2026-04-28

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840).

    receipt

  20. 2026-04-27

    House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Kahaloa, Garcia.

  21. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  22. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  23. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  24. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  25. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  26. 2025-04-23

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 1:30PM in conference room 325.

  27. 2025-04-22

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 1:30PM in conference room 325.

  28. 2025-04-21

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 1:30PM in conference room 325.

  29. 2025-04-17

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 1:30PM in conference room 325.

  30. 2025-04-16

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Richards Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; Keohokalole, DeCorte.

  31. 2025-04-16

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809).

    receipt

  32. 2025-04-15

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).

    receipt

  33. 2025-04-14

    House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Holt, Poepoe, Garcia.

  34. 2025-04-10

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 661).

    introduction,receipt

  35. 2025-04-10

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  36. 2025-04-10

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).

    receipt

  37. 2025-04-08

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Hussey voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (7) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  38. 2025-04-04

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2018) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  39. 2025-04-04

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.

  40. 2025-04-02

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Grandinetti, Hussey, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  41. 2025-03-31

    Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-02-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

  42. 2025-03-18

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1332) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  43. 2025-03-18

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  44. 2025-03-14

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia.

    committee-passage-favorable

  45. 2025-03-12

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-14-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  46. 2025-03-06

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  47. 2025-03-06

    Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  48. 2025-03-04

    Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  49. 2025-03-04

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 219) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction,receipt

  50. 2025-02-27

    Reported from HWN/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 804) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 2) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  51. 2025-02-27

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  52. 2025-02-27

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  53. 2025-02-18

    The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, Keohokalole, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Ihara.

    committee-passage-favorable

  54. 2025-02-18

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Kim.

    committee-passage-favorable

  55. 2025-02-14

    Reported from HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 567) as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of recommittal to HWN.

  56. 2025-02-14

    Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and recommitted to HWN.

    passage

  57. 2025-02-14

    Re-Referred to HWN/WAM.

    referral-committee

  58. 2025-02-14

    The committee(s) on HWN/WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  59. 2025-02-13

    The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS and be recommitted. The votes in HWN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, San Buenaventura, Keohokalole, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara.

    committee-passage-favorable

  60. 2025-02-12

    The committee(s) on HWN will hold a public decision making on 02-13-25 1:10PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  61. 2025-01-23

    Referred to HWN.

    referral-committee

  62. 2025-01-21

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  63. 2025-01-17

    Introduced.

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Documents

Votes

  • The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS and be recommitted.

    2025-02-13 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Richards: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
    • Ihara: not voting

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-18 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • DeCoite: not voting
    • Kim: not voting

  • The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-18 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Richards: yes
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
    • San Buenaventura: not voting
    • Ihara: not voting

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2025-03-04 · pass · 25-0

  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-14 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Cochran: not voting
    • Garcia: not voting

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-04-02 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Richards: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • DeCorte: yes

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Garcia: not voting

  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).

    2026-05-06 · pass · 25-0

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