---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE LAND TRUST ACT."
description: "Clarifies that if no personal property designation appears in a recorded instrument, the interests of the beneficiaries shall be real property. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3236"
citation: "Hawaii SB 3236 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Beneficial Designation", "Land Trust Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "KEOHOKALOLE", "SHIMABUKURO"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e80d83e-9e8e-45fb-ba9d-5b63c6805fa8"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3236&year=2024"
source_hash: "1cb3db10c1d5439789f6e0aa1c06d7ef26d3ae16de49cf6bd6b216a712d02838"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 3236 (2024) — RELATING TO THE LAND TRUST ACT.

Clarifies that if no personal property designation appears in a recorded instrument, the interests of the beneficiaries shall be real property. (CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB3236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3236_.HTM)
2. **SB3236_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3236_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB3236_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3236_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CHANG — primary (person)
- KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
- SHIMABUKURO — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-07-01** Act 121, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). `became-law`
- **2024-07-01** Act 121, on 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). `became-law`
- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 26-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2024-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 26-24).
- **2024-04-19** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Nishimoto, Holt, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2024-04-19** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 1:35PM; Conference Room 325.
- **2024-04-18** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). `receipt`
- **2024-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Holt, Takayama, Souza.
- **2024-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678). `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Elefante, Awa.
- **2024-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 489). `receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 588). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa, Souza excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1756-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-03-28** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, Aiu, Cochran, Lamosao. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-28-24 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-21** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Martinez, Nakashima excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1249-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2024-03-19** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-19-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 308). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** One Day Notice 03-05-24.
- **2024-03-01** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2833) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-02-27** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-27-24 9:32AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-02-14** Re-Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to WTL, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e80d83e-9e8e-45fb-ba9d-5b63c6805fa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).