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Committee advances SB 2908 on permitting intake, asks counties’ role be clarified
Summary
The committee advanced SB 2908 with amendments after Office of Planning said the SPEED Task Force discussed intake-platform options and suggested counties may be better positioned to handle permitting detail; the committee recorded aye votes and asked staff to reflect task-force comments.
The Senate committee on Feb. 12, 2026 advanced Senate Bill 2908, a measure relating to permitting intake, with amendments and committee direction to reflect SPEED Task Force comments.
Reginald King of the Hawaii Office of Planning and Sustainable Development told the committee that the office’s input into the bill came through the SPEED Task Force and that, based on that discussion, counties—with…
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