---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS."
description: "Provides that a survey of the land to be set aside shall not be a condition precedent to the setting aside of public lands to any department or agency of the State. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 511"
citation: "Hawaii HB 511 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lands Set Aside", "Public Lands", "State Agencies", "Survey"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HASHEM", "ICHIYAMA", "TARNAS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14aa8022-2017-4650-b53b-4a94e13e9c23"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=511&year=2025"
source_hash: "3ad6b5c68b2110f93156f49a06acb5d65bc16576102d0d79dba761f9f3fb4f29"
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 HB 511 (2025) — RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Provides that a survey of the land to be set aside shall not be a condition precedent to the setting aside of public lands to any department or agency of the State. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB511** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB511_.HTM)
2. **HB511_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB511_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB511_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB511_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB511_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB511_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HASHEM — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-27** Act 082, on 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182). `became-law`
- **2025-05-27** Act 082, 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182). `became-law`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2025-04-24** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 50).
- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 50) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-23** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Tarnas, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-21** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 10:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2025-04-17** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 10:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 790). `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Gabbard Co-Chair; McKelvey, Fevella.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Shimizu.
- **2025-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 652) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2025-04-08** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** One Day Notice 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1674) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-03-28** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-28-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1295) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2025-03-20** The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.
- **2025-03-18** The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-25 12:30PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-17** Re-Referred to WTL, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to WTL/GVO, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 251). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1086), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-02-27** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-02-13** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 595) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2025-02-11** The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-21** Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14aa8022-2017-4650-b53b-4a94e13e9c23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).