HB 1087 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.

Summary

Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume historic preservation review of the effect of any proposed project for lands under its jurisdiction, except under certain circumstances. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2026. (SD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1087_HD2 → HB1087_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the version of the legislation from the House to the Senate, changing the effective date from the year 3000 to July 1, 2026, and adding $400,000 in funding for new historic preservation staff. The core policy regarding the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' review authority remains the same, but the financial and temporal details have been finalized for the upcoming fiscal year.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' authority to review projects on historic properties and burial sites remains unchanged; however, the applicability timeline has been corrected to a realistic future date.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the bill was changed from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2026.

FISCAL

A new appropriation of $400,000 was added for fiscal year 2026-2027 to fund four new full-time equivalent positions: a historic preservation specialist, an archaeologist, an architectural historian, and a cultural historian.

TECHNICAL

Administrative metadata, including bill version numbers, dates, and report titles, were updated to reflect the Senate version (SD1) instead of the House version (HD2).

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Re-Referred to HWN/WLA, JDC/WAM.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from HWN/WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3373) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Keohokalole.

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HWN/WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 1:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Re-Referred to HWN/WLA, JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to HWN/WTL, JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 325).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 712) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe, Woodson.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors