HHS-WLA-HWN, AEN-HWN, HWN DEFER, HWN Public Hearings 02-12-2026

Senate (joint committees: Health & Human Services; Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts; Hawaiian Affairs; AEN/Ag & Environment) · February 13, 2026

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Call to order, procedural rules, and witness instructions

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Chair opens the triple-committee hearing, names co-chairs (Sen. Lee for Water/Land/Culture/Arts; Sen. Richards for Hawaiian Affairs), announces reconvening plan (1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 in Room 225 if cut short), and sets a 1-minute testimony limit; directs participants to written testimony posted on legislators' website and apologizes for closed-captioning errors.

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Joint Senate committee hearings and Hawaiian Affairs decision-making on Feb. 12: committees heard public testimony and moved several bills, including SB2799 (Kalaupapa transition/reporting), SB2887 (important-ag land tax credit amendments for Hawaiian homelands), and a slate of Hawaiian Affairs agenda items (deferrals, working-group conversions, and recommitments).

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