Relating To Administrative Fees.

Makes permanent, rather than repealing upon the adoption of relevant administrative rules, the Department of Land and Natural Resources' authority to establish a transaction fee for certain services rendered by the Bureau of Conveyances for each recording in the Bureau of Conveyances and Land Court. Amends the authorized uses of moneys in the Bureau of Conveyances Special Fund. Repeals language that required the Bureau of Conveyances' microfilm fees to be established by rules. Effective 7/1/3026. (SD1)

Bill Details

State

Hawaii

Session

2026 Regular Session

Chamber

House

Committee

Ways and Means

Official Source

www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_ind...

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Action History

2026-03-30 S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

2026-03-30 S Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3257) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

2026-03-18 S The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Chang, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

2026-03-16 S The committee(s) on WLA deferred the measure until 03-18-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

2026-03-12 S The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

2026-03-10 S Referred to WLA, WAM.

2026-03-06 S Passed First Reading.

2026-03-06 S Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 116).

2026-03-05 H Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

2026-03-05 H Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 886-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

2026-03-03 H The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

2026-02-27 H Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-03-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

2026-02-18 H Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

2026-02-18 H Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 462-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

2026-02-12 H The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

2026-02-10 H Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-12-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

2026-02-02 H Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 6

2026-01-28 H Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Votes

2026-03-18 Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture: Passed, With Amendments Yea: 5 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-02-02 H Water & Land

2026-02-18 H Finance

2026-03-10 S Water, Land, and Agriculture

2026-03-30 S Ways and Means

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-28 Introduced

2026-02-18 Amended

2026-03-25 Amended

Subjects

DLNR Bureau of Conveyances Land Court Transaction Fees