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SB590 • 2026

RELATING TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND.

RELATING TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND.

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Sponsor
WAKAI, CHANG, FEVELLA, GABBARD, KIDANI, MCKELVEY, MORIWAKI, RHOADS, Elefante, Hashimoto, Kanuha
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Re-Referred to WLA, WAM.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

RELATING TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND.

RELATING TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND.
  • DLNR; State Parks Special Fund; Division of State Parks; Environmental Protection Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to expend the moneys from the State Parks Special Fund for programs aimed at environmental protection.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 S

    Re-Referred to WLA, WAM.

  2. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  3. 2025-02-04 S

    The committee(s) on WTL deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 02-05-25 1:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

  4. 2025-01-31 S

    The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  5. 2025-01-23 S

    Referred to WTL, WAM.

  6. 2025-01-17 S

    Passed First Reading.

  7. 2025-01-17 S

    Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND.
DLNR; State Parks Special Fund; Division of State Parks; Environmental Protection
Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to expend the moneys from the State Parks Special Fund for programs aimed at environmental protection.

Current Bill Text

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SB590

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

590

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND
.

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

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SECTION 1.
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Section
184-3.4, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (
b)
to read as follows:

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"(b)
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The department shall expend the moneys from the state parks special fund
for the following purposes:

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(1)
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Permanent
and temporary staff positions;

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(2)
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Planning
and development of state parks programs, including the aina hoomalu state parks
program;

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(3)
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Construction,
repairs, replacement, additions, and extensions of state parks facilities;

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(4)
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Operation
and maintenance costs of state parks and state parks programs; [
and
]

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(5)
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Any
departmental program aimed at environmental protection; and

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(5)
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(6)
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Administrative costs of the division of state
parks."

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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:

DLNR;
State Parks Special Fund; Division of State Parks; Environmental Protection

Description:

Allows the
Department of Land and Natural Resources to expend the moneys from the State Parks
Special Fund for programs aimed at environmental protection.

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