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SB403 • 2026

RELATING TO BEACHES.

RELATING TO BEACHES.

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

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO BEACHES.

RELATING TO BEACHES.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO BEACHES.
  • Waikiki Beach Replenishment; Public Funding Limit; Resort Zoned Areas; Greater Private Sector Contributions Limits public funding of beach replenishment projects in resort zoned areas to twenty per cent of the total cost.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 S

    Re-Referred to WLA/EDT, WAM.

  2. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  3. 2025-01-21 S

    Referred to WTL/EDT, WAM.

  4. 2025-01-15 S

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

  5. 2025-01-14 S

    Pending Introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO BEACHES.
Waikiki Beach Replenishment; Public Funding Limit; Resort Zoned Areas; Greater Private Sector Contributions
Limits public funding of beach replenishment projects in resort zoned areas to twenty per cent of the total cost.

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SB403

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

403

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to beaches
.

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 recent 2021 Waikiki beach replenishment project cost
Hawai
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i taxpayers $2,500,000, while the private
sector contributed $1,000,000, or less than twenty-nine per cent of the
$3,500,000 total project cost.
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According
to the department of land and natural resources, the Waikiki replenishment is
part of a planned maintenance project that will reoccur every five to ten
years.
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The legislature further finds
that replenishment projects in resort areas provide substantial benefit to the
travel industry and therefore, that the industry should contribute a greater
percentage of total funds towards beach replenishment projects.

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The purpose of this Act is to limit public
sector contribution, if any, for beach replenishment activities that are
carried out in a resort zoned area.

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SECTION 2.
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Chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section
to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

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171-
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Beach replenishment projects; state
contribution.
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The State or
counties shall pay not more than twenty per cent of the cost of any beach
replenishment project executed in a resort zoned area.
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SECTION 3.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Waikiki
Beach Replenishment; Public Funding Limit; Resort Zoned Areas; Greater Private
Sector Contributions

Description:

Limits
public funding of beach replenishment projects in resort zoned areas to twenty
per cent of the total cost.

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