SB1597 • 2026

RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.

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Sponsor: INOUYE
Last action: 2026-01-21
Official status: Re-Referred to WLA, WAM.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.
Counties; Special Management Areas; Permits Increases the valuation threshold of development subject to a special management area minor permit or a special management area use permit from $500,000 to $750,000.

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Bill History

2026-01-21 S
Re-Referred to WLA, WAM.
2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-27 S
Referred to WTL, WAM.
2025-01-27 S
Passed First Reading.
2025-01-23 S
Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.
Counties; Special Management Areas; Permits
Increases the valuation threshold of development subject to a special management area minor permit or a special management area use permit from $500,000 to $750,000.

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SB1597

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1597

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to special management areas
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
1
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Section 205A-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending the definitions of "special management area minor
permit" and "special management area use permit" to read as
follows:

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""Special management area minor
permit" means an action by the authority authorizing development the
valuation of which is not in excess of [$
500,000
]
$750,000
and
which has no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking
into account potential cumulative effects.

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"Special management area use permit"
means an action by the authority authorizing development the valuation of which
exceeds [
$500,000
]
$750,000
or which may have a substantial
adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential
cumulative effects."

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SECTION 2.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Counties;
Special Management Areas; Permits

Description:

Increases
the valuation threshold of development subject to a special management area
minor permit or a special management area use permit from $500,000 to $750,000.

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