SB 3169 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO COASTAL RESILIENCE.

Summary

Establishes a five-year Coastal Resilience Pilot Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the preservation of Mantokuji Bay. Allows the pilot program to be exempt from certain regulatory requirements. Requires the State Historic Preservation Division to conduct a streamlined historic preservation review. Establishes certain procedures for the discovery of Native Hawaiian skeletal remains. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Sunsets 6/30/3005. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2026 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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SB3169_HD1 → SB3169_SD1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised to correct a critical error where the effective date and sunset date were set to the year 3000; these were updated to 2050 and 2055, respectively. The text was also reorganized to clarify procedures for handling Native Hawaiian skeletal remains and to explicitly require coordination with the Department of Health regarding burials in the local cemetery.

Scope change

The bill's temporal scope was corrected to apply from July 1, 2050, to July 1, 2055, instead of the erroneous years 3000-3005.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2050, and the repeal date was changed from June 30, 3005, to July 1, 2055.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements were added for the State Historic Preservation Division to issue determinations within 45 days and to follow specific protocols for archaeological monitoring and inadvertent discoveries.

Procedures for discovering Native Hawaiian skeletal remains were restructured to include immediate cessation of work, notification to the Island Burial Council, and a good-faith effort to identify descendants.

A new requirement mandates that the applicant coordinate with the Department of Health regarding the identification and treatment of human remains found in the established Mantokuji Soto Zen Mission cemetery.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'Island burial council' was updated to include 'Lanai' and reference the correct statutory section.

The definition of 'State historic preservation division' was added to clarify it belongs to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

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

Mar 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).

lower

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1448-26), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Mar 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1300-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.

lower

Mar 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti.

lower

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to WAL, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 17

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 374) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Rhoads. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Mar 5, 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, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT/WAM has rescheduled its decision making to 03-05-26 12:01PM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT/WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-05-26 10:17AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 25, 2026

Committee

Re-Referred to EDT/WAM.

upper

Feb 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT/WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-19-26 1:02PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDT/WLA, WAM.

upper

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors