SCR 3 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERPETUAL, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT MAUNALUA, HONOLULU, OAHU, FOR THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT OUTFALL AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.

This bill (SCR 3) authorizes the State of Hawaii to grant a permanent, non-exclusive right to use a small portion (1,050 square feet) of state-owned submerged lands at Maunalua, Honolulu, to the City and County of Honolulu. The easement allows the city to maintain, repair, and operate an existing stormwater drainage outfall and its associated infrastructure on that site. It follows prior approvals for a drainage system replacement and complies with state law requiring legislative authorization for such land use. The bill does not create new policy but formalizes an existing infrastructure agreement.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Apr 21, 2025

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MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured digital template, but the substantive legal content remains unchanged. The resolution still authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue a perpetual easement to the City and County of Honolulu for stormwater infrastructure on state submerged lands at Maunalua, with no changes to legal requirements, funding, or eligibility criteria.

TECHNICAL

Document structure changed from traditional text format to a structured digital template with metadata fields, though the legal text and substantive provisions remain identical.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

upper

Apr 21, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 761).

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Garrett, Ichiyama, Perruso, Quinlan excused (7).

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2136), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2082), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 28

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 410) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD1). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Waived referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1070), as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, DeCorte.

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-07-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to WTL, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors