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| Bill | RELATING TO THE MAUNA KEA STEWARDSHIP AND OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY. | Part II: Clarifies the powers of the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority so that it may carry out its intended duties regarding land use on Mauna Kea. Adds reversion dates of 6/30/2028 and 12/31/2029 if the deadline to adopt a management plan or to submit proposed administrative rules to the Governor is not met; extends the transition period to 12/1/2029; clarifies that the oversight and interest of MKSOA in the Mauna Kea lands shall be no more than what is expressly granted in chapter 195H, HRS; and clarifies that title to Mauna Kea lands shall remain with the State. Part III: Provides that the existing plans and administrative rules adopted or developed by UH under which Mauna Kea is currently governed remain in effect until plans and administrative rules adopted by MKSOA take effect. Part IV: Clarifies that MKSOA has state sovereign immunity. Part V: Authorizes MKSOA to extend leases and subleases before the transfer, for up to an additional ten-year term. (CD1) | us/states/hi | Hawaii Legislature | 2026 | HB 2592 | Hawaii HB 2592 (2026) |
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Hawaii HB 2592 (2026) — RELATING TO THE MAUNA KEA STEWARDSHIP AND OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY.
Part II: Clarifies the powers of the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority so that it may carry out its intended duties regarding land use on Mauna Kea. Adds reversion dates of 6/30/2028 and 12/31/2029 if the deadline to adopt a management plan or to submit proposed administrative rules to the Governor is not met; extends the transition period to 12/1/2029; clarifies that the oversight and interest of MKSOA in the Mauna Kea lands shall be no more than what is expressly granted in chapter 195H, HRS; and clarifies that title to Mauna Kea lands shall remain with the State. Part III: Provides that the existing plans and administrative rules adopted or developed by UH under which Mauna Kea is currently governed remain in effect until plans and administrative rules adopted by MKSOA take effect. Part IV: Clarifies that MKSOA has state sovereign immunity. Part V: Authorizes MKSOA to extend leases and subleases before the transfer, for up to an additional ten-year term. (CD1)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB2592 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2592_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2592_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2592_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2592_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2592_SD2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–2 (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–1 (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- ILAGAN — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
- KUSCH — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-05-27 Act 053, on 05/27/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153).
became-law - 2026-05-27 Act 053, 05/27/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153).
became-law - 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor.
- 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
receipt - 2026-05-06 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).
receipt - 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Garcia, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Garrett, Iwamoto, Perruso, Pierick, Poepoe, Souza voting no (8) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1).
passage - 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).
passage - 2026-05-01 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
- 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 197-26).
- 2026-05-01 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
- 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 197-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- 2026-05-01 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) Lee, C., Rhoads, Inouye; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-05-01 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Tarnas, Kusch, Morikawa, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett.
- 2026-04-30 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229.
- 2026-04-29 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229.
- 2026-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229.
- 2026-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 9:00AM; CR 229.
- 2026-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 9:00AM; CR 229.
- 2026-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 719).
receipt - 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Kim, Rhoads, Inouye Co-Chairs.
- 2026-04-21 Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 801).
receipt - 2026-04-21 House Conferees Added: Representative Garrett added as Co-Chair.
- 2026-04-21 Re-referred to WAL, HED, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 31
referral-committee - 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).
receipt - 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Tarnas, Kusch Co-Chairs; Morikawa, Shimizu.
- 2026-04-20 Re-referred to WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30
referral-committee - 2026-04-17 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
receipt - 2026-04-16 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
amendment-failure - 2026-04-14 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 707) in amended form (SD 2).
- 2026-04-14 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage - 2026-04-10 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
- 2026-04-10 Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3809) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- 2026-04-09 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-09 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-08 The committee(s) on JDC/WAM deferred the measure until 04-09-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
deferral - 2026-04-06 The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-08-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- 2026-03-30 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
reading-2, referral-committee - 2026-03-30 Reported from WLA/EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3369) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
- 2026-03-25 The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, Chang.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-25 The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Fukunaga.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-20 The committee(s) on WLA/EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 1:11PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- 2026-03-16 Re-Referred to WLA/EDU, JDC/WAM.
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 Referred to WLA/EDU, JDC.
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading.
reading-1 - 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 441).
introduction, receipt - 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Amato, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Grandinetti, Hussey, Iwamoto, Perruso, Poepoe, Souza voting no (7) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
passage - 2026-03-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
- 2026-03-06 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1194-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- 2026-02-26 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Poepoe, Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2026-02-18 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Perruso, Pierick, Poepoe, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka, Souza voting no (2) and none excused (0).
reading-2, referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 464-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- 2026-02-05 The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Poepoe, Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Souza; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-03 Re-referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 7
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2026-02-02 Referred to WAL, HED, JHA, referral sheet 6
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction, reading-1
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4bcfd612-5cc7-4855-b169-e031d415da94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).