THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	3215
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to harbor safety.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Act 236, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024 (Act 236), established requirements for mooring operations to increase harbor safety, protect the physical integrity of the State's commercial harbor system, and ensure the continuous flow of critical food supplies. The legislature further finds that the requirements established by Act 236 are subject to a sunset provision and are scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2028.

Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to ensure long-term operational certainty and harbor security by repealing the sunset provisions of Act 236 without amending any substantive requirements of that Act or any provision of chapter 266, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SECTION 2. Act 236, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, is amended by amending section 5 to read as follows:

"SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval[; provided that this Act shall be repealed on July 1, 2028]."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DOT; Harbor Safety; Mooring; Commercial Docks; Labor; Act 236, SLH 2024; Sunset Date; Repeal

Description:

Repeals the sunset provisions of part III of chapter 266, Hawaii Revised Statutes, thereby making permanent the requirement that the Department of Transportation ensure that the securing of mooring lines from vessels to commercial docks, wharves, piers, quays, and landings be performed by labor subject to collective bargaining.

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