SCR 150 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP AND RECOMMEND FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY PROGRAMS SUBSIDIZING THE TRANSPORT OF WATERBORNE CARGO.

SCR 150 is a resolution requesting Hawaii's Department of Transportation to convene a working group to develop and recommend federal, state, and county subsidy programs for waterborne cargo transport. This follows a report highlighting Hawaii's heavy reliance on waterborne cargo (98% of imported goods) and noting shipping costs increase consumer prices by up to 7.5%, with no existing subsidies for general cargo transport compared to agricultural air cargo. The working group must include state and county officials, water carriers, and relevant departments, and provide a report by 2026. The resolution aims to address economic and food security impacts tied to Hawaii's geographic dependence on maritime shipping.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Sub-Topics: Ports Freight

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 10, 2025

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SCR150 → SCR150_SD1 · 3 edits

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The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document into a structured digital template with metadata fields, while the substantive policy language regarding waterborne cargo subsidies remained largely unchanged. The primary differences are technical formatting updates rather than policy modifications.

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Document structure changed from traditional legislative format to a structured digital template with metadata fields including timestamps, document IDs, and formatting codes.

Page headers and footers were replaced with digital metadata fields containing document identifiers, timestamps, and revision numbers.

Some text formatting was altered with special characters and spacing changes, particularly in the WHEREAS clauses, but the substantive policy language remains the same.

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

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Committee

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 28

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 518) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted as amended (SD 1). Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1613) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Apr 1, 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

Mar 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-25 3:20PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to TCA.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors