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Committee decision session: slate of bills passed with amendments; many measures sent forward

Senate Committee on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts · February 19, 2026
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Summary

During its decision session the Senate Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts adopted a series of committee recommendations—passing multiple bills with amendments (including SB3019, SB3311, SB2979, SB2918, SB3029, SB2916, SB2692, SB2078, SB2973, SB2975, SB2084, SB17, SB2367, SB2401, SB3007 and SB3146)—typically with four members present and one excused.

The committee convened a decision session and moved a broad set of measures forward with committee amendments, technical edits, and, where applicable, defective/effective dates or blanked appropriations.

What the committee did: for each measure the chair offered a recommendation—most commonly to pass with amendments—and the committee adopted those recommendations in roll-call fashion. Several bills were narrowed (for example, SB2975 was narrowed to Oahu for present consideration) and others were advanced to follow-up committees…

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