HB 1823: COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT; SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS; PERMITTING; REQUIREMENTS; DEVELOPMENT; EXCLUDED ACTIVITIES; PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; EXEMPTION; LAHAINA; MAUI WILDFIRES
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: House
- Latest Version Date: 2026-03-27
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-04-02: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Amends the definition of "development," as it pertains to coastal zone management, to exclude any state- or county-funded infrastructure improvement project that is exempted from an environmental assessment or determined as a finding of no significant impact under chapter 343, HRS. Applies only to zones established in Lahaina in the aftermath of the 2023 Maui wildfires that have been designated for reentry by the State or county of Maui as of January 1, 2026. Effective 7/1/2050. Sunsets 6/30/2029. (SD1)
Discussed in Hearing
1MINSenate Standing Committee on Judiciary
4MINHouse Floor
6MINHouse Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
3MINHouse Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
1MINHouse Standing Committee on Water & Land
1MIN