SR 100 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

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

Senate Resolution 100 requests the Department of Land and Natural Resources to form a Kailua Bay Advisory Working Group to address challenges at Kailua Pier, including vandalism, homelessness, and infrastructure damage. The group would include state and county agencies, community representatives, and nonprofits to coordinate management, improve safety, and recommend solutions for the pier's long-term sustainability. This resolution does not create new law but seeks to enhance collaboration among stakeholders.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 2, 2025

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SR100 → SR100_SD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured digital template with metadata fields. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, requesting the creation of a Kailua Bay Advisory Working Group to address homelessness, safety, and management issues at Kailua Pier. The main substantive addition is the expansion of working group membership to include representatives from tourism, housing, and local business sectors, plus a requirement for quarterly reporting.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on Kailua Pier management and homelessness issues, but the working group composition was expanded to include additional stakeholders including tourism, housing, and business representatives.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for quarterly reports to be submitted to the Legislature for three years starting in 2025

Expanded working group membership to include representatives from Statewide Office on Homelessness, Hawaii Tourism Authority, local business districts, and community organizations

Added requirement for certified copies to be transmitted to specific government officials and agencies

TECHNICAL

Added digital metadata fields and template formatting including document IDs, timestamps, and revision numbers

Changed document header format from traditional legislative style to structured digital template format

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

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Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).

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Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1431) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-28-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to WTL.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors