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Votes at a glance: House Committee on Water & Land — March 25, 2025
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Summary
Summary of committee actions and outcomes on measures taken during the March 25 House Committee on Water & Land hearing.
The following is a concise summary of formal committee outcomes recorded in the March 25 hearing of the House Committee on Water & Land. Where the transcript recorded a roll-call or named votes those are listed; where the transcript recorded only the chair’s recommendation and adoption, that is noted.
- HR35 / HCR40 (co‑stewardship of community forests on public lands): Passed (committee recommendation adopted). Chair and vice chair recorded aye; recorded ayes included Representative Bellotti, Ichiama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poipoi, Shimizu, Souza; Representative Woodson excused.
- HR58 / HCR64 (working group to evaluate placement of Office of Resilience and Recovery): Passed with amendments — committee inserted OPSD budget request (BED-144, $36,000) and accepted OPSD amendment to allow mayoral designees; committee adopted chair recommendation. (No roll-call roll printed in transcript; committee ordered amendments inserted in committee report.)
- HR59 / HCR65 (concurrent reviews for plan, district‑boundary and zoning amendments): Passed unamended. The chair noted one recorded no vote (Representative Iwamoto) and one member registered a reservation; otherwise committee recommendation adopted.
- HR118 / HCR122 (working group to survey culturally sensitive shorelines): Passed with amendments (added Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands; clarified island burial-council responsibilities). Committee adopted chair recommendation; Representative Souza registered a no vote.
- HR145 / HCR151 (DLNR leases report): Deferred (committee elected to defer the measure for interim work on inspections, staffing and enforcement options). Chair announced deferral.
- HR185 / HTR191 (Kailua Bay advisory working group; HD1 technical amendments): Passed with amendments; committee adopted amendments to include the governor’s coordinator on homelessness and to adjust reporting timelines (committee to receive reports through 2027 per amendment).
- HR186 / HCR193 (study on transferring Native Hawaiian burial-site management to OHA): Passed as HD1 with DLNR’s technical amendments; committee adopted recommendation.
- HCR197 (commission on water resource management review): Passed as presented (committee recommendation adopted).
- HCR184 (HCDA study for Kakaʻako Makai residential hotel and land uses): Passed with amendments (committee requested an interim report by January 2026 and a final report by December 2026; committee adopted recommendation).
- HR124 / HCR128 (state obligation recognizing freshwater importance for nearshore ecosystems): Passed with amendments (minor wording edit to change “the state” to “Hawaii” in whereas clause); committee adopted recommendation.
Notes: Where the transcript lists the chair as adopting a recommendation without a complete roll-call, the committee reported the measure as passed and ordered committee-report language as noted above. Several measures were passed with technical or membership amendments; HR145/HCR151 was deferred pending further information from DLNR.
