Hawaii Senate Bill 739
Session 2025
Relating To Land Exchange.
Became Law
Became Law on Jul 2, 2025
First Action
Jan 17, 2025
Latest Action
Jul 2, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
739
State
Hawaii
Session
2025
Motion Text
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
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Roll call vote details are unavailable for Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
Senate Roll Call Votes
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Recorded roll call vote details are unavailable for Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
Summary
Allows the Governor to negotiate land exchanges, subject to approval by the Board of Land and Natural Resources, to acquire lands that are suitable for long-term diversified agricultural production in exchange for land for private affordable, workforce, or other housing development. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
SB739_CD1
SB739_HD1
SB739_SD2
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07/02/2025
Senate
Act 279, 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1382).
07/02/2025
House
Act 279, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1382).
05/02/2025
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).
05/02/2025
Senate
Enrolled to Governor.
05/01/2025
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).
04/30/2025
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, McKelvey). Excused, 0 (none).
04/30/2025
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Amato, Hussey voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Garcia, Iwamoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Poepoe, Shimizu voting no (7) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).
04/25/2025
House
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:00PM in Conference Room 411.
04/25/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Changed: Senator Aquino added as Co-Chair. Senator Hashimoto discharged as Co-Chair.
04/25/2025
House
Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880).
04/25/2025
House
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Kahaloa, Lamosao, Morikawa, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
04/25/2025
Senate
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Gabbard, Aquino, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey.
04/25/2025
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 193).
04/25/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
04/25/2025
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 193) as amended in (CD 1).
04/25/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
04/24/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 229.
04/21/2025
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754).
04/17/2025
House
House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Kahaloa, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Morikawa, Souza.
04/16/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Gabbard, Hashimoto Co-Chairs; McKelvey, DeCorte.
04/16/2025
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809).
04/04/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 471).
04/04/2025
Senate
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
04/04/2025
House
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590).
04/03/2025
House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1922), recommending passage on Third Reading.
04/03/2025
House
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Iwamoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
03/28/2025
House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.
03/25/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/21/2025
House
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1408), recommending referral to FIN.
03/21/2025
House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
03/19/2025
House
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
03/14/2025
House
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1266) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
03/14/2025
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
03/14/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-19-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/11/2025
House
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.
03/07/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/06/2025
House
Pass First Reading
03/06/2025
House
Referred to WAL, AGR, FIN, referral sheet 19
03/04/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
03/04/2025
House
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 188) in amended form (SD 2).
02/27/2025
Senate
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 761) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
02/27/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
02/19/2025
Senate
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, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
02/14/2025
Senate
Reported from WTL/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 568) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
02/14/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
02/14/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
02/12/2025
Senate
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.
02/12/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.
02/07/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WTL/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-25 1:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
01/23/2025
Senate
Referred to WTL/AEN, WAM.
01/21/2025
Senate
Passed First Reading.
01/17/2025
Senate
Introduced.
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Record Created
Jan 21, 2025 12:16:55 AM
Record Updated
Jul 18, 2025 10:09:01 AM