SR 43 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO PARTNER WITH THE KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION TO COLLABORATIVELY IMPROVE AND FACILITATE THE CONTINUED REPAIR, REHABILITATION, AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE KIHEI RAMP.

This Senate Resolution (SR 43) requests the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to partner with the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission (KIRC) to collaboratively maintain and improve the Kihei Ramp in South Kihei, Maui. The ramp is used by the local community for recreational activities like fishing and diving, and KIRC relies on it for access to Kahoolawe and future visitor center plans. The resolution asks DLNR to work with KIRC to facilitate ongoing repairs, rehabilitation, and redevelopment of the ramp, potentially leveraging private investment. It does not create new laws or funding but formally encourages interagency collaboration for community and KIRC benefit.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2025

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SR43 → SR43_SD1 · 3 edits

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The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured digital template with metadata fields, while the core policy content requesting collaboration between the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission to maintain the Kihei ramp remains substantively unchanged.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the policy request remains the same.

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Document structure changed from traditional legislative format to a digital template with metadata fields including timestamps, version numbers, and language settings.

Header information was replaced with structured data fields for system processing rather than traditional legislative formatting.

Some text formatting was altered with special characters and spacing changes, but the substantive policy language requesting partnership for Kihei ramp maintenance remains intact.

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

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Committee

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD1).

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1399) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to WTL.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.