SB 3228 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO A SUSTAINABLE TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE.

Summary

Establishes the Sustainable Tourism Infrastructure Matching Grant Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support one-time capital investments that advance measurable sustainability and climate resilience outcomes within the State's visitor industry. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2026 Last action Feb 17, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB3228 → SB3228_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a House bill to a Senate Draft version, updating metadata and formatting. The most significant policy change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2050, likely to align with a future legislative session or fiscal year. Minor text cleanup was performed in the findings section to improve readability.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains unchanged; it still establishes a matching grant program for sustainable tourism infrastructure. However, the program's start date is now set for 2050 instead of 2026.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2050, significantly delaying when the grant program can begin.

TECHNICAL

Metadata was updated to reflect the bill's transition from the House to the Senate Draft (SD1) version, including changes to bill numbers, revision counts, and document templates.

Text in the legislative findings was reflowed and slightly rephrased for better readability and consistency, though the substantive meaning remained the same.

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

Feb 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2306) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.

upper

Feb 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-26 1:02PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDT, WAM.

upper

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors