Bills

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

Version:

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

Senate Standing Committee on Hawaiian Affairs13MIN
Feb 19, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Hawaiian Affairs

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts13MIN
Feb 19, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

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