SR 58 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE COUNTY OF MAUI TO EMPLOY AN ARCHAEOLOGIST FOR THE PURPOSE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN REBUILDING LAHAINA.

This Senate Resolution requests Maui County to hire a full-time archaeologist to guide historic preservation efforts during Lahaina’s rebuilding after the 2023 wildfires. The archaeologist would work with county and rebuilding teams to protect cultural sites, implement federal/state preservation laws, and maintain Lahaina’s historical identity. The resolution is non-binding but aims to ensure cultural heritage is preserved as part of community recovery. It directly affects Maui County’s rebuilding process and Lahaina’s historical sites.

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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SR58 → SR58_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured digital format with metadata fields. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, requesting the County of Maui to hire an archaeologist for Lahaina historic preservation, though the FTE specification was slightly clarified from 'one full-time equivalent' to 'one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE)'.

Scope change

No substantive change to scope or applicability; the bill still applies to the County of Maui for Lahaina rebuilding efforts.

TECHNICAL

Document structure changed from traditional text format to structured digital format with metadata fields including timestamps, document IDs, and language settings.

FTE specification clarified from 'one full-time equivalent' to 'one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE)' for precision.

Multiple metadata fields added including document version numbers, timestamps, language codes, and system identifiers.

Original page numbers and document identifiers (SR LRB 25-1275.docx, S.R. NO. 555) removed and replaced with new system-generated identifiers.

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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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 EIG/WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1477) 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 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Richards.

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-28-25 3:15PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

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Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to EIG/WTL.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

upper

5 primary · 2 co-sponsors