SB 3173: DLNR; DOBOR; OHA; CULTURAL TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM; CULTURAL EDUCATION; COMMERCIAL USE PERMIT
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2026-01-26
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-02-20: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.)
Introduced
First Committee Review
First Chamber
Second Committee Review
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Establishes a Cultural Training Pilot Program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources to be administered by the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation for all commercial use permit holders operating in Lahaina Harbor. Requires DOBOR to partner with an organization identified by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in Native Hawaiian culture and place-based history to teach a cultural training course to educate commercial use permit holders and applicants for commercial use permits on the cultural and historic significance of the area. Requires existing commercial use permit holders and applicants to undergo cultural training.
Discussed in Hearing