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OHA board changes position to oppose SB 903 after settlement language added
Summary
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees voted April 3 to change OHA’s position on Senate Bill 903 from “comment” to “oppose” after trustees and staff said amendments in House Draft 2 added settlement and “future claims” language that expanded the bill beyond the inventory provisions OHA supported.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees voted April 3 to change OHA’s position on Senate Bill 903 from “comment” to “oppose,” after trustees and staff said a House Draft added settlement language about "future claims" that expanded the bill beyond an inventory and audit of ceded/public trust lands.
Trustee Galuteria moved the change during the April 3 meeting, saying the bill had ‘‘morphed into something much larger’’ than the inventory OHA supported; the motion passed unanimously (9–0).
OHA officials and trustees said the change matters because the original bill’s inventory and audit provisions were consistent with OHA priorities, but the newly added settlement language — which directs a working group to "discuss a settlement with respect to future claims" — raises legal…
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