HawaiiRELATING TO THE MAUNA KEA STEWARDSHIP AND OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY.
What it does
Part II: Clarifies the powers of the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority so that it may carry out its intended duties regarding land use on Mauna Kea. Adds reversion dates of 6/30/2028 and 12/31/2029 if the deadline to adopt a management plan or to submit proposed administrative rules to the Governor is not met; extends the transition period to 12/1/2029; clarifies that the oversight and interest of MKSOA in the Mauna Kea lands shall be no more than what is expressly granted in chapter 195H, HRS; and clarifies that title to Mauna Kea lands shall remain with the State. Part III: Provides that the existing plans and administrative rules adopted or developed by UH under which Mauna Kea is currently governed remain in effect until plans and administrative rules adopted by MKSOA take effect.
More detail
Part IV: Clarifies that MKSOA has state sovereign immunity. Part V: Authorizes MKSOA to extend leases and subleases before the transfer, for up to an additional ten-year term. (CD1)
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 27Act 053, 05/27/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153).Latest
- May 27Act 053, on 05/27/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153).Became Law
- May 8Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).Minor
- May 7Transmitted to Governor.
- May 6Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).Major
- Vote recorded Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1. Result: pass.Lower
- May 6Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Garcia, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Garrett, Iwamoto, Perruso, Pierick, Poepoe, Souza voting no (8) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1).Major
- May 6Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).Minor
- May 1The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Tarnas, Kusch, Morikawa, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett.Minor
- Vote recorded The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- May 1The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Rhoads, Inouye; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim.Minor
- May 1Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 197-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- May 1Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
- May 1Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 197-26).
- May 148 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
- Apr 30Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229.
- Apr 29Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229.
- Apr 28Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229.
- Apr 27Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 9:00AM; CR 229.
- Apr 24Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 9:00AM; CR 229.
- Apr 22Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 719).Minor
- Apr 21Re-referred to WAL, HED, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 31Minor
- Apr 21House Conferees Added: Representative Garrett added as Co-Chair.
- Apr 21Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 801).Minor
- Apr 21Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Kim, Rhoads, Inouye Co-Chairs.
- Apr 20Re-referred to WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30Minor
- Apr 20House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Tarnas, Kusch Co-Chairs; Morikawa, Shimizu.
- Apr 20Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).Minor
- Apr 17Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).Minor
- Apr 16House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).Minor
- Apr 14Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 14Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 707) in amended form (SD 2).
- Apr 10Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3809) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- Apr 1048 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
- Apr 9The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 9The 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.Minor
- Apr 8The committee(s) on JDC/WAM deferred the measure until 04-09-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.Minor
- Apr 6The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-08-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- Mar 30Reported from WLA/EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3369) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
- Mar 30Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.Minor
- Mar 25The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Fukunaga.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 25The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, Chang.Minor
- Mar 20The committee(s) on WLA/EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 1:11PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- Mar 16Re-Referred to WLA/EDU, JDC/WAM.Minor
- Mar 12Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 441).Minor
- Mar 12Passed First Reading.Minor
- Mar 12Referred to WLA/EDU, JDC.Minor
- Mar 10Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Amato, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Grandinetti, Hussey, Iwamoto, Perruso, Poepoe, Souza voting no (7) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 6Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1194-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- Mar 6Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
- Feb 26The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Poepoe, Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 24Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Feb 18Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 464-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- Vote recorded Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Perruso, Pierick, Poepoe, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka, Souza voting no (2) and none excused (0).Minor
- Feb 5The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Poepoe, Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Souza; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Re-referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 7Minor
- Feb 2Referred to WAL, HED, JHA, referral sheet 6Minor
- Feb 2Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Jan 28Introduced and Pass First Reading.Introduced