Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to determine the effect of any proposed state or county housing projects that may affect a historical property, an aviation artifact, or a burial site within ninety days of a request for determination. Establishes historic review requirements based on the project area's known historic, cultural, and archaeological resources. Establishes procedures and notification requirements if previously unidentified human remains or previously unidentified historic property are discovered. (CD1)
Hawaii SB 79 (2025) — RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to determine the effect of any proposed state or county housing projects that may affect a historical property, an aviation artifact, or a burial site within ninety days of a request for determination. Establishes historic review requirements based on the project area's known historic, cultural, and archaeological resources. Establishes procedures and notification requirements if previously unidentified human remains or previously unidentified historic property are discovered. (CD1)
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
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; Representative(s) Iwamoto, Poepoe voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). passage
2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
2025-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 22) as amended in (CD 1).
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. 22).
2025-04-22 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Hashem, Tarnas, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Muraoka.
2025-04-22 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Chang, Richards, Gabbard, Elefante, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). receipt
2025-04-14 House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Hashem, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Miyake, Muraoka.
2025-04-14 Re-referred to HSG, WAL, JHA, referral sheet {refsheetno} referral-committee
2025-04-08 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774). receipt
2025-04-08 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
2025-04-08 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 567). introduction, receipt
2025-04-04 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
2025-04-02 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1766) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-03-27 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-21 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, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5). reading-2, referral-committee
2025-03-21 Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1434) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
2025-03-19 The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Pierick. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-14 Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 03-19-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-14 Re-referred to HSG, JHA, referral sheet 23 referral-committee
2025-03-06 Referred to WAL, HSG, JHA, referral sheet 19 referral-committee
2025-03-06 Pass First Reading reading-1
2025-03-04 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 77) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
2025-03-04 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
2025-02-28 One Day Notice 03-04-25.
2025-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 951) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-20 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-18 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-20-25 10:01AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
2025-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
2025-02-14 Reported from WTL/HOU/HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 534) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
2025-02-07 The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, San Buenaventura, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Keohokalole. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-07 The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Aquino, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-07 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) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-04 The committee(s) on WTL/HOU/HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 1:13PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2025-01-16 Referred to WTL/HOU/HWN, JDC. referral-committee
2025-01-15 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
2025-01-08 Pending Introduction.
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60c0a9e5-6a85-4248-8fca-da139c59108d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).