SCR 37 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI TO COLLABORATE WITH THE KIHEI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IN THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KIHEI MAUKA ROAD PROJECT.

This is a Senate Concurrent Resolution (not a law), requesting the Hawaii Department of Transportation and Maui County Public Works to work with the Kihei Community Association on planning and building the Kihei Mauka Road. The resolution aims to address traffic congestion and flooding on South Kihei Road by collaborating with the community group to develop an alternative route that aligns with local needs and the Kihei-Makena Community Plan. It specifically calls for regular community consultations to incorporate feedback and address environmental concerns during the project's planning and implementation.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Last action Apr 21, 2025

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SCR37 → SCR37_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a Senate-only document to a Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR37 HD1), indicating it now requires House concurrence. The resolution text was updated to specify the County of Maui's Department of Public Works instead of the Department of Transportation, and the resolution's purpose remains requesting collaboration on the Kihei Mauka Road project.

Scope change

The document type changed from a Senate Concurrent Resolution to explicitly require House concurrence (HD1), and the county department involved was changed from Department of Transportation to Department of Public Works.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the county department from 'Department of Transportation' to 'Department of Public Works' in the resolution text.

TECHNICAL

Added House concurrence requirement by changing document type to SCR37 HD1.

Removed original Senate-only header and page formatting.

Added metadata fields and template information typical of legislative tracking systems.

Floor votes

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

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 21, 2025

Amended

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 21, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 773).

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. 2132), 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 11, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Matayoshi excused (3).

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2054) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 28

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 490).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1607) with recommendation of adoption.

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.

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

Re-Referred to TCA.

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to TCA/EIG.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors