# Hawaii SCR 169: REQUESTING THE STATE ARCHIVES TO EXPAND PUBLIC OUTREACH, SHARE HAWAII'S HISTORY THAT MAY PROVE RELEVANT TODAY, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND EVALUATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION.

Hawaii SCR 169, REQUESTING THE STATE ARCHIVES TO EXPAND PUBLIC OUTREACH, SHARE HAWAII'S HISTORY THAT MAY PROVE RELEVANT TODAY, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND EVALUATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Chris Lee (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2025-04-16 (Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 743).) (as of 2026-10-28).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SCR 169
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: REQUESTING THE STATE ARCHIVES TO EXPAND PUBLIC OUTREACH, SHARE HAWAII'S HISTORY THAT MAY PROVE RELEVANT TODAY, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND EVALUATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-07
- Last action: 2025-04-16, Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 743).
- Sponsor: Chris Lee (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: DAGS, State Archives, Study, Public Outreach, Civic Engagement, CAA
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (10 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Chris Lee (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: C.

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-11 | House | The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 6 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2025-04-16: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 743). (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Resolution adopted in final form. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2118), recommending adoption. (House)
- 2025-04-15: Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). (House)
- 2025-04-15: Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-11: The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Kong, Garrett, Lee, M., Sayama, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-04-08: Resolution scheduled to be heard by CAA on Friday, 04-11-25 10:30AM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Referred to CAA, referral sheet 28 (House)
- 2025-04-03: Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 525) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-02: Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1611) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1). (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: One Day Notice 04-03-25. (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-25 3:20PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Referred to TCA. (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Offered. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR169_SD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR169_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR169_.PDF)
- SCR169_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR169_SD1_.HTM)

## Related bills

- SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed)
- SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed)
- HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR169_SD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR169_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR169_.PDF)
- [SCR169_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR169_SD1_.HTM)

## Related
- [SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB572-2025)
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025)
- [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025)
- [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SCR169-2025 (as of 2026-10-28).