HCR 191 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONVENE A KAILUA BAY ADVISORY WORKING GROUP.

HCR 191 is a concurrent resolution requesting the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources to create a Kailua Bay Advisory Working Group. This group would include state, county, and community stakeholders to address challenges at Kailua Pier in West Hawai'i, such as vandalism, homelessness, and infrastructure damage, while supporting tourism, cultural activities (like the Queen Lili'uokalani Canoe Race), and Native Hawaiian traditions. The working group would meet monthly to coordinate solutions for safety, maintenance, water quality, and community engagement. It does not create new laws but aims to improve collaboration among agencies managing the pier.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2025

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MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a plain text legislative document to a structured document template, with the substantive content remaining largely the same. The most significant policy change is the addition of new required members to the advisory working group, including a House Representative, County Council member, County Mayor, Governor's Homelessness Coordinator, Tourism Authority representative, Police Chief, and various community and business stakeholders. This expands the working group's composition to ensure broader representation across government agencies and the community.

Scope change

The scope of the working group was expanded to include additional government officials and community representatives, broadening the range of perspectives and expertise involved in addressing Kailua Pier issues.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for House Representative, County Council member, County Mayor, Governor's Homelessness Coordinator, Tourism Authority representative, and Police Chief to serve on the working group

Added requirement for representatives from Kai ʻOpua Canoe Club, Kai ʻEhitu Outrigger Team, Kailua Village Business Improvement District, and Courtyard King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel

Added requirement for quarterly reports to be submitted to the Legislature

Added requirement for certified copies to be transmitted to additional stakeholders including the Governor's Homelessness Coordinator and Tourism Authority

TECHNICAL

Changed document format from plain text to structured document template with metadata fields

Corrected spelling errors and formatting inconsistencies in the original text

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1919) with recommendation of adoption.

upper

Apr 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang.

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 04-11-25 1:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to WTL.

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 551).

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1814), recommending adoption.

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Ward.

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Hussey, Muraoka, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1693) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors