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HCR 205 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

URGING THE COUNTY OF MAUI AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO PRIORITIZE AND EXPEDITE THE PLANNING, FUNDING, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT FOR THE KULANIHAKOI BRIDGE.

HCR 205 is a non-binding resolution urging Maui County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to accelerate planning, funding, and construction of a permanent bridge replacement for the aging Kulanihakoi Bridge in South Maui. The resolution addresses a 114-year-old temporary structure that has faced repeated delays due to regulatory challenges and safety concerns, with current temporary solutions deemed insufficient for long-term reliability. It specifically calls for prioritizing a permanent raised bridge design - advocated by local groups - to improve transportation safety, flood management, and economic stability in the region. The resolution also emphasizes collaboration with communities and experts to address environmental and cultural considerations during the redesign process. This request does not create new laws but formally seeks action from the two entities responsible for the bridge's future.
Issues: ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill explicitly urges funding/construction of permanent bridge replacement (transportation infrastructure), addressing safety concerns and delays of aging structure.95% confidence
Sub-Topics: Bridges
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action May 2, 2025
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HCR205 → HCR205_SD1 · 4 edits
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The bill was reformatted from a document with embedded metadata and page numbers into a clean, standard legislative text format. The substantive policy content of the resolution remains unchanged, including the urging of the County of Maui and US Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize the Kulanihakoi Bridge replacement project.
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Removed embedded metadata, page numbers, and document control information from the text body.

Added standard header information including bill number (HCR205 SD1), session details, and sponsor information.

Reorganized the resolution text from a numbered list format to a standard legislative format with WHEREAS and BE IT RESOLVED clauses.

Added one additional recipient for the certified copies of the resolution: the Director of the Maui County Department of Public Works.

Floor votes · House May 2, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Amendments
2
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Resolution adopted in final form.
lower
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lamosao excused (2).
lower
May 2, 2025
Introduced
House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 844) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from TCA/EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1944) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Fevella.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on TCA/EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 04-17-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to TCA/EIG.
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 429).
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2).
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1740), recommending adoption.
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on PBS with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Lowen, Ward excused (4).
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1508), recommending referral to PBS.
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, La Chica.
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to TRN, PBS, referral sheet 22
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Introduced
Offered
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Terez Amato
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