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HB 1546STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO RESTORATION OF BEACH LANDS.

Amends the definition of "beach restoration" used in laws governing the Board of Land and Natural Resources' powers to engage in beach restoration to include activities undertaken to maintain and improve beaches and dune systems through management of sand and native dune vegetation, remove abandoned and remnant manmade materials from beaches and dunes that pose a risk to public health and coastal ecosystems, and nourish eroded beaches through the placement of compatible sand from an outside or adjacent source, with or without stabilizing structures. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Voted 3/22/2024

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

16 yea·0 nay·4 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 3/22/2024Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
  2. 3/22/2024Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3317) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
  3. 3/15/2024The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Fevella.
  4. 3/12/2024The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-24 1:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
  5. 3/7/2024Referred to WTL, WAM.
  6. 3/1/2024Passed First Reading.
  7. 3/1/2024Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 11).
  8. 2/29/2024Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
  9. 2/29/2024Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 737-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  10. 2/23/2024The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Souza.