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Bill	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.	Part I: Allows the Department of Education to lease public school lands for a term of not more than ninety-nine years per lease. Part II: Amends Act 206, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to allow the City and County of Honolulu to transfer lands under existing Department of Education facilities directly to the Department of Education, rather than through the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Part III: Excludes lands set aside by the Governor to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and lands to which Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title from the definition of public lands in section 1712, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires prior legislative approval for the sale of lands to which the Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 1303	Hawaii SB 1303 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	DOE Public School Lands Lease Transfer HPHA Public Lands	enacted	English KEITH-AGARAN KIDANI S. Chang Shimabukuro	6	51	7	2019-01-24	2019-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/17bec488-9ee3-4e2d-af22-19e9eaa329f2	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1303&year=2019	f337f4c8699d20f0b98c303a85ed69eed0c940ef371d48fcc3e900ec87c7088c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 1303 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Part I: Allows the Department of Education to lease public school lands for a term of not more than ninety-nine years per lease. Part II: Amends Act 206, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to allow the City and County of Honolulu to transfer lands under existing Department of Education facilities directly to the Department of Education, rather than through the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Part III: Excludes lands set aside by the Governor to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and lands to which Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title from the definition of public lands in section 1712, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires prior legislative approval for the sale of lands to which the Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB1303 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB1303_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1303_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1303_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1303_HD2_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1303_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–1 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• English — primary (person)
• KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
• KIDANI — primary (person)
• S. Chang — primary (person)
• Shimabukuro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-24 Introduced. introduction
• 2019-01-24 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Referred to PSM/EDU/WTL, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-01-30 Re-Referred to EDU, WTL.
• 2019-02-08 The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-19 3:30PM in conference room 229.
• 2019-02-11 The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Dela Cruz, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-15 Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 444) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WTL.
• 2019-02-15 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WTL.
• 2019-02-22 The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-28-19 1:15PM in conference room 414.
• 2019-02-28 The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Keith-Agaran, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Riviere, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 984) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
• 2019-03-05 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Riviere. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 442) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to LHE/WLH, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by LHE/WLH on Tuesday, 03-12-19 2:25PM in House conference room 309.
• 2019-03-12 The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Ohno, Tarnas, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso, DeCoite, Okimoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-12 The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Todd, Tarnas; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Thielen; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Lowen, Wildberger. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 Reported from LHE/WLH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1545) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-21 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Har, Okimoto, Perruso voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Thielen voting no (1) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Holt, Tokioka, Yamane excused (5). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-28-19 3:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-03-28 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-03-19.
• 2019-04-01 Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-03-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
• 2019-04-03 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2197) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-05 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Perruso, Thielen voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-11 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 786). introduction
• 2019-04-11 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 893).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Yamane, Todd Co-Chairs; Tarnas, Okimoto.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
• 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; K. Kahele Co-Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918).
• 2019-04-22 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-23-19 3:15PM in conference room 329.
• 2019-04-23 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-19 3:15PM in conference room 329.
• 2019-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 3:10PM in conference room 329.
• 2019-04-25 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) Kidani, K. Kahele, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Yamane, Todd, Tarnas; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Okimoto; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 122).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 122) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Matsumoto, McKelvey, Okimoto, Perruso, Thielen voting no (5) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara . 2 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella, L. Thielen. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
• 2019-05-06 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-07-12 Act 272, on 07/09/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1392). executive-signature
• 2019-07-12 Act 272, 07/09/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1392). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17bec488-9ee3-4e2d-af22-19e9eaa329f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).