SB 3146 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Summary

Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to adopt, amend, or repeal administrative fee schedules for use of certain lands pursuant to a specified procedure and to exempt parking lot and concessions operations on those lands from the bidding requirements for concessions operated on public property. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Feb 20, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB3146 → SB3146_SD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates the procedural rules for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt fee schedules, requiring public notice to be posted 45 days before board meetings instead of at the meeting. It also standardizes the language used across multiple chapters to define 'administrative fee schedules' and clarifies the effective date of new fee rules. The bill sets a future effective date of July 1, 2050, for these changes.

Scope change

The bill applies to the Board of Land and Natural Resources across multiple chapters (183, 183D, 195, and 198D) governing state lands and natural resources.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the notice period for proposed fee schedule amendments from 'prior to the meeting' to 'before the meeting' to ensure the public has at least 45 days to review proposals.

Removed the specific requirement for the Board of Land and Natural Resources to 'afford all interested persons an opportunity to submit data,' streamlining the language to simply state the board shall afford that opportunity.

TIMELINE

Extended the effective date of the Act from immediate approval to July 1, 2050.

DEFINITION

Added a comma after 'section' in the definition of 'administrative fee schedules' to improve grammatical clarity.

TECHNICAL

Updated metadata and formatting details, including changing the bill type from 'SB' to 'SD' and updating revision numbers.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2661) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang.

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-13-26 1:01PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 02-09-26 1:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to WLA, WAM.

upper

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors