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Trustees approve committee split, investment policy and sponsorships; several legislative proposals fail
Summary
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees approved committee and investment policy changes and authorized multiple sponsorships on Oct. 31, 2024, but declined proposed legislative measures that would have exempted the board from Sunshine Law and changed trustee salary review.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees on Oct. 31, 2024 took a series of procedural and policy votes: it approved a bylaw revision that splits the Committee on Resource Management into the Committee on Budget and Finance and the Committee on Investment and Land Management; adopted changes to the Native Hawaiian Trust Fund investment approach; approved inclusion of a proposed OHA budget bill in the 2025 legislative package; approved a measure changing island burial council composition; and authorized multiple event sponsorship disbursements. The board declined to adopt a proposed bill that would exempt OHA from the state Sunshine Law and declined a proposal to vest trustee salary review authority in an OHA‑appointed commission.
Highlights and what passed
• Committee restructure (bylaw revision): trustees voted to split the Committee on Resource Management into two committees: Committee on Budget and Finance and Committee on Investment and Land Management. The motion passed with seven yes votes and one…
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