STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2021-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 2613

S.D. 1

H.D. 3

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2613, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND TRANSFER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Revise tax map key numbers and the process by which identified properties are conveyed to the Department of Education pursuant to Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022;

(2) Direct the conveyance of certain lands held by the Department of Education to the County of Kauai and Department of Land and Natural Resources;

(3) Direct the conveyance of land on which Kaimuki Middle School is located from the City and County of Honolulu to the Department of Education; and

(4) Clarify that land dispositions of school buildings, facilities, and grounds made by the Department of Education shall not require approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources when these dispositions are for periods exceeding one year.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Education; Board of Education; Hawaiʻi State Public Library System; Department of Housing and Land Management of the City and County of Honolulu; and Department of Parks and Recreation of the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the conveyances of certain lands held by the Department of Education to the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2613, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2613, S.D. 1, H.D. 3.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair