SB 3323: ECOSYSTEM RIGHTS; WATERSHEDS; CORAL REEFS; LEGAL PERSONHOOD; ENFORCEMENT; ECOSYSTEM PERSONS

Session Year: 2025-2026
House: Senate
Latest Version Date: 2026-01-28

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-02-11: The recommendation was not adopted.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Recognizes watersheds and coral reef ecosystems as legal persons with inherent and inalienable rights to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve. Establishes enforceable ecosystem rights grounded in public trust doctrine and Native Hawaiian customary stewardship. Authorizes citizen enforcement, restorative and injunctive remedies, civil penalties, and continuing duties of ecological repair, including for historic harms. Provides for open representation, community consultation, co-governance, and supremacy over conflicting laws.

Discussed in Hearing