THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2025

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Brandon J.C. Elefante, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

TIME:

1:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

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The Legislature is accepting written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

 

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

GM 530

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Gubernatorial Nominee, KAREN ONO, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

WTL

GM 550

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Legacy Land Conservation Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, ALEXANDRA KELEPOLO, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

WTL
[Measure deleted 3-5-2025]

GM 582

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Natural Area Reserves System Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, JAY PENNIMAN, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

WTL

GM 584

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Historic Places Review Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, ADRIANE TRULUCK, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

WTL

GM 638

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Historic Places Review Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, TRISHA WATSON, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

WTL

GM 503

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Game Management Advisory Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, JASON SANBORN, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

WTL

GM 585

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Game Management Advisory Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, STANLEY RUIDAS, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

WTL

[Measure deleted on 3-4-2025]

GM 701

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Kaneohe Bay Regional Council, Gubernatorial Nominee, FREDERICK REPPUN, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

WTL

GM 702

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Kaneohe Bay Regional Council, Gubernatorial Nominee, CEDRIC BERTELMANN, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

WTL

GM 703

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Kaneohe Bay Regional Council, Gubernatorial Nominee, JEFFREY KALUHIWA, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

WTL

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.

 

Please go to the Legislature's website, https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Participate" drop down menu and select the "Submit Testimony" option to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.

 

Please note the following:

 

·         The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.

·         Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 2 minutes each.

 

If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions.pdf

 

For general help navigating the committee hearing process, please contact the Public Access Room at (808) 587-0478 or par@capitol.hawaii.gov. You can also visit their website at https://lrb.hawaii.gov/par/.

 

For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please call the committee clerk at the telephone number listed below or email WTLcommittee@capitol.hawaii.gov. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.

 

For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-7335.

 

 

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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair