HCR 14 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERPETUAL, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT WAIALAE, HONOLULU, OAHU, FOR EXISTING DRAINAGE PURPOSES, AND FOR USE, OPERATION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.

HCR 14 authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue a perpetual, non-exclusive easement for Resorttrust Hawaii, LLC (owner of the Kahala Hotel & Resort) to maintain and operate existing drainage infrastructure on state submerged lands at Waialae, Honolulu. The easement covers approximately 12,700 square feet of state lands and grants rights to use, repair, maintain, and replace the hotel's drainage pipelines for stormwater and lagoon outfalls. This resolution satisfies Hawaii Revised Statutes section 171-53, requiring legislative approval for such land use, and includes a one-time payment for fair market rent determined by independent appraisal.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Governor

Introduced Feb 25, 2026 Last action Apr 22, 2026

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HCR14_HD1 → HCR14_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from House Concurrent Resolution 14 to Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, reflecting its progression to the Senate. The text was updated to correct a chapter number in the referenced statutes and changed the responsible department from 'Accounting and General Services' Survey Division' to 'Land Survey Division' for greater accuracy.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on authorizing easements for the Kahala Hotel & Resort outfalls, but the specific legal references were updated to ensure they align with current statutory titles and departmental structures.

TECHNICAL

The referenced conservation district requirements were updated from Chapter 183 to Chapter 183C of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The department responsible for confirming the easement survey was changed from the 'Survey Division' to the 'Land Survey Division' of the Department of Accounting and General Services.

The agency name was updated from 'Board of Land Natural Resources' to 'Board of Land and Natural Resources' to match the official title.

The bill identifier was updated from 'HCR HD' to 'HCR SD' to reflect its status as a Senate document.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Committee

Apr 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Apr 22, 2026

Committee

Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3881), as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of referral to WAM.

upper

Apr 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Apr 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 04-17-26 1:15PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Apr 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to WLA, WAM.

upper

Apr 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 535).

upper

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1964-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Gedeon.

lower

Mar 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Perruso, Poepoe voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Mar 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1314-26), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Poepoe; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Woodson.

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 15

lower

Mar 5, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Introduced

To be offered.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors