# Hawaii SB 3154: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

Hawaii SB 3154, RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) Senate bill sponsored by Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-05-26 (Act 038, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1138).) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 3154
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-26
- Last action: 2026-05-26, Act 038, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1138).
- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: DOT, National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA Assignment, TRN, EEP, JHA
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 13 (240 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Authorizes the Department of Transportation to assume responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for highway projects, as well as railroad, public transportation, or multimodal projects within the State, allowing streamlined environmental reviews. Provides a limited waiver of sovereign immunity to comply with federal requirements. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 2 |   |
| 2026-05-01 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 24 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-24 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-24 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-14 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 50 | 1 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | House | The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on EEP... | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | House | The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate | The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate | The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |

## Actions (53)

- 2026-05-26: Act 038, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1138). (Senate)
- 2026-05-26: Act 038, on 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1138). (House)
- 2026-05-08: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Iwamoto voting no (2) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-05-05: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814). (House)
- 2026-05-01: Deferred one day 05-06-26. (House)
- 2026-05-01: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 23-26). (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26. (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 23-26) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2026-04-29: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26. (House)
- 2026-04-24: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Gabbard, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-04-24: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Lowen, Tarnas; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Muraoka. (House)
- 2026-04-22: Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 9:30AM; CR 329. (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Gabbard, Rhoads Co-Chairs; DeCorte. (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718). (House)
- 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Lowen, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Muraoka. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 756). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). (House)
- 2026-04-14: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Poepoe voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-04-10: Deferred one day 04-14-26. (House)
- 2026-04-08: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1826-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-04-08: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-10-26. (House)
- 2026-04-02: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Sayama. (House)
- 2026-03-31: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1437-26), recommending referral to JHA. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4). (House)
- 2026-03-24: The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Quinlan. (House)
- 2026-03-20: Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-24-26 10:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-19: Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1229-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EEP. (House)
- 2026-03-19: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on EEP with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-03-17: The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-03-12: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2026-03-12: Referred to TRN, EEP, JHA, referral sheet 17 (House)
- 2026-03-12: Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 03-17-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-10: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 372) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2026-03-06: Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3050) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26. (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-05-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Reported from TRS/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2323) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Elefante, Lee, C.. (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: The committee(s) on TRS/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Referred to TRS/AEN, JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Introduced. (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Pending Introduction. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_CD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1138_.PDF)
- SB3154_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_CD1_.HTM)
- SB3154_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_HD1_.HTM)
- SB3154_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_HD2_.HTM)
- SB3154_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_SD1_.HTM)
- SB3154_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_SD2_.HTM)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_CD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1138_.PDF)
- [SB3154_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_CD1_.HTM)
- [SB3154_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB3154_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_HD2_.HTM)
- [SB3154_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_SD1_.HTM)
- [SB3154_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3154_SD2_.HTM)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026)
- [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026)
- [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2964-2026)
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