HB 2584 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST.

Summary

Temporarily increases the total amount of public land trust revenues transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Repeals 6/30/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2026 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2584_HD1 → HB2584_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill revision simplifies the language regarding the State's obligation to Native Hawaiians by removing the specific mention of a 'constitutional and fiduciary obligation' to transfer twenty percent of public land trust income. It also streamlines the legislative intent to focus on providing stability for Native Hawaiian-serving programs during federal funding uncertainty. The changes appear to be primarily editorial, aiming to clarify the bill's purpose without altering the core financial mechanism.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's intent is narrowed slightly by removing the explicit statement of a constitutional and fiduciary duty in the findings section, though the operative sections maintaining the funding requirement remain intact.

DEFINITION

Removed the specific finding that the State has a 'constitutional and fiduciary obligation' to ensure twenty percent of public land trust income is transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

REQUIREMENT

Revised the legislative findings to focus on clarifying the pro rata share of income rather than establishing a new fiduciary duty.

Simplified the statement of purpose by removing the clause that explicitly reaffirms the State's constitutional obligation to the twenty percent share, as this obligation is already implied by the funding requirement.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill version identifier from House Draft 1 (HD1) to Senate Draft 1 (SD1) and adjusted associated metadata such as revision numbers and dates.

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

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3375) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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 19, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 1:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to HWN, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 121).

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 467-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Hashem, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Kahaloa.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

12 primary · 0 co-sponsors