# Hawaii SCR 7: AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT LAIE, KOOLAULOA, OAHU, FOR A ROCK REVETMENT THAT INCLUDES STAIRS, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.

Hawaii SCR 7, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT LAIE, KOOLAULOA, OAHU, FOR A ROCK REVETMENT THAT INCLUDES STAIRS, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2025-04-21 (Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 763).) (as of 2026-10-28).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SCR7-2025
- As of: 2026-10-28
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SCR 7
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT LAIE, KOOLAULOA, OAHU, FOR A ROCK REVETMENT THAT INCLUDES STAIRS, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-23
- Last action: 2025-04-21, Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 763).
- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Authorizing the Issuance of a Twenty-Five Year Term, Non-Exclusive Easement Covering a Portion of State Submerged Lands at Laie, Koolauloa, Oahu, for a Rock Revetment that Includes Stairs, and for Use, Repair, and Maintenance of the Improvements Constructed Thereon, WAL, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (36 yes, 3 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: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-16 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | House | The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 6 | 1 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | House | The votes in WAL were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Bel... | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | House | The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 6 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-07 | Senate | The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 3 | 1 |   |

## Actions (25)

- 2025-04-21: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 763). (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Resolution adopted in final form. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2137), recommending adoption. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Adopted with Representative(s) Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Garrett, Ichiyama, Perruso, Quinlan excused (7). (House)
- 2025-04-17: Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-16: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2086), recommending referral to FIN. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2025-04-14: Scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-16-25 2:00PM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-10: The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Morikawa, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti, Souza; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson. (House)
- 2025-04-10: Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-25. (House)
- 2025-04-10: The votes in WAL were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson. (House)
- 2025-04-10: The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Morikawa, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti, Souza; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson. (House)
- 2025-04-07: Resolution scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 04-10-25 9:30AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 28 (House)
- 2025-03-31: Resolution Adopted. Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Rhoads. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 414). (House)
- 2025-03-28: Waived referral to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: One Day Notice 03-31-25 (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1074), with recommendation of referral to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Report adopted, referred to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang. (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-07-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Referred to WTL, WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Offered. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR7_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR7_.pdf)

## 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
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR7_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR7_.pdf)

## 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-SCR7-2025 (as of 2026-10-28).