SCR 58 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

URGING THE DIVISION OF BOATING AND OCEAN RECREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO DEVELOP A PROGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS IN PARKING LOTS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION; ENSURE PROPER USE OF PARKING AREAS BY INTENDED USERS; AND IMPROVE THE PREVALENCE AND CLARITY OF SIGNAGE REGARDING PARKING REGULATIONS, FEES, AND PENALTIES.

This Senate Concurrent Resolution urges the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation to create a more balanced enforcement system for parking violations at its small boat harbors. The bill asks the agency to issue clear warnings before towing vehicles for minor parking infractions, ensuring proper use of parking areas by intended users, and improving signage that explains parking rules, fees, and penalties. It aims to protect specialized enforcement officers from routine parking duties and reduce unnecessary towing impacts on vehicle owners while maintaining order at the state's sixteen small boat harbors.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Mar 12, 2026 Signed May 8, 2026

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SCR58_HD1 → SCR58_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised to update authorship details and dates, while simplifying the text to use lowercase for harbor names and abbreviating 'License Plate Recognition' to 'LPR' for consistency. These changes standardize the language and formatting without altering the bill's core purpose of improving parking enforcement and signage at state boat harbors.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the resolution still applies to the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation.

TECHNICAL

Updated author names and timestamps to reflect the current version of the document.

Changed 'Small Boat Harbor' to 'small boat harbor' and 'Maalaea' to 'Maalea' in the preamble for consistency and brevity.

Abbreviated 'License Plate Recognition' to 'LPR' throughout the text to reduce repetition.

Adjusted the pronoun in the resolution from 'its staff' to 'their staff' to agree with the plural subject 'DOBOR'.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

upper

May 8, 2026

Introduced

Senate agrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 27, 2026

Amended

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 27, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 834).

upper

Apr 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted with Representative(s) Amato, Cochran, Gedeon, Pierick voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto voting no (3) and Representative(s) Kapela excused (1).

lower

Apr 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2250-26), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Cochran, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama.

lower

Apr 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Woodson excused (3).

lower

Apr 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2191-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Apr 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

lower

Apr 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 28

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 457) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Apr 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3546) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Mar 30, 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

Mar 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-30-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 19, 2026

Committee

Referred to WLA.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Offered.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors