SB2916 • 2026

RELATING TO THE STATE ARCHIVES.

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Sponsor: RHOADS
Last action: 2026-02-20
Official status: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO THE STATE ARCHIVES.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO THE STATE ARCHIVES.
State Archives; New Facility; Appropriation ($) Appropriates funds for the planning, designing, environmental studies, site evaluation and selection studies, and permitting conducted relative to a new facility for the State Archives.
Effective 7/1/2050.
(SD1)

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SD1

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Plain English: SB2916 SD1 THE SENATE S.B.

SB2916 SD1 THE SENATE S.B.
NO.
2916 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026 S.D.
1 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE ARCHIVES .

Bill History

2026-02-20 S
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2026-02-20 S
Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2604) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2026-02-18 S
The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang.
2026-02-13 S
The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 1:01PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
2026-01-30 S
Referred to WLA, WAM.
2026-01-26 S
Passed First Reading.
2026-01-23 S
Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO THE STATE ARCHIVES.
State Archives; New Facility; Appropriation ($)
Appropriates funds for the planning, designing, environmental studies, site evaluation and selection studies, and permitting conducted relative to a new facility for the State Archives. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

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SB2916

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2916

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating
to the state archives
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The
legislature finds that the state archives division, established by statute in
1905, collects, preserves, and makes publicly available state records and
artifacts of permanent value.
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Archived government
records date from 1790 to the current legislative session, and manuscript
holdings include records of individuals and organizations that shaped state
history, photographs, maps, artifacts, and collections of rare works that specialize
in state history, culture, and Pacific voyages.
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The state archives division also provides support services to state
agencies in the management of their active and inactive non-permanent
government records.

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The legislature further finds that the facilities
of the state archives division are dated and at capacity.
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The legislature believes that the state
archives division needs a new, state of the art facility with more space for
processing, conserving, and storing its current and future collections and for
increased programming and researcher support.

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Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to
appropriate funds for the state archives to begin the planning processes for a
new facility with sufficient space to accommodate current and future needs.

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SECTION 2.
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There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii
the sum of $4,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year
2026-2027 for the planning, designing, environmental studies, site evaluation
and selection studies, and permitting conducted relative to a new facility for
the state archives.

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The sum appropriated shall be expended by
the department of accounting and general services for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

State
Archives; New Facility; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates
funds for
the planning, designing, environmental studies, site
evaluation and selection studies, and permitting conducted relative to a new
facility for the State Archives.

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