SB578 • 2026

RELATING TO HISTORIC PROPERTY.

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Sponsor: HASHIMOTO, CHANG, KIDANI, MORIWAKI, San Buenaventura, Wakai
Last action: 2026-01-21
Official status: Re-Referred to WLA, JDC.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO HISTORIC PROPERTY.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO HISTORIC PROPERTY.
Historic Property; Historic Preservation; Statehood Day; Hawaii Register of Historic Places Amends the definition of "historic property" under the State's historic preservation program to include only property that predates Statehood Day and, with respect to buildings and structures, is registered on the Hawaii Register of Historic Places.

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Bill History

2026-01-21 S
Re-Referred to WLA, JDC.
2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-23 S
Referred to WTL, JDC.
2025-01-17 S
Passed First Reading.
2025-01-17 S
Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO HISTORIC PROPERTY.
Historic Property; Historic Preservation; Statehood Day; Hawaii Register of Historic Places
Amends the definition of "historic property" under the State's historic preservation program to include only property that predates Statehood Day and, with respect to buildings and structures, is registered on the Hawaii Register of Historic Places.

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SB578

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

578

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to historic property
.

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

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SECTION
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Section 6E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending the definition of "historic property" to read as follows:

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""Historic property" means
any building, structure, object, district, area, or site, including heiau and
underwater site, which [
is over fifty years old.
]
predates Statehood
Day, August 21, 1959, and, with respect to buildings and structures, is
registered on the Hawaii register of historic places.
"

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SECTION 2.
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This Act does not affect rights and duties
that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun
before its effective date.

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SECTION 3.
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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 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Historic Property;
Historic Preservation; Statehood Day; Hawaii Register of Historic Places

Description:

Amends
the definition of "historic property" under the State's historic
preservation program to include only property that predates Statehood Day and,
with respect to buildings and structures, is registered on the Hawaii Register
of Historic Places.

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