JHA Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs · February 13, 2026

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Opening and procedural instructions

Announcement

11:54 → 14:35(2m 41s)

Chair David Tarnas opened the hearing, announced the committee name and location, asked testifiers to limit remarks to two minutes, explained microphone/Zoom etiquette and streaming on YouTube, and asked for civility during testimony.

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The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs held a lengthy hearing on Feb. 12 on multiple bills including measures on an ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi commission, a Hawaii Cultural Trust, Public Land Trust payments to OHA, making Hawaiian-language statutory text binding in some cases, DHHL geothermal exploration funding, and several DHHL- and preservation-related measures; the committee advanced most bills with amendments and sent them to finance or further action.

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