THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

INTERIM OF 2025

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM

Senator Lynn DeCoite, Chair

Senator Glenn Wakai, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, January 12, 2026

TIME:

10:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL

BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

 

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

 

 

A G E N D A

 

 

Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (Briefing Materials)

            Strategic Marketing and Support                                                                        BED 100

            Office of International Affairs                                                                             BED 101

            Creative Industries Division                                                                               BED 105

            Foreign Trade Zone                                                                                           BED 107

            Hawaii Tourism Authority – Administration and Governance                                 BED 113

            Hawaii Tourism Authority – Branding and Marketing                                            BED 114

            Hawaii Tourism Authority – Sports and Signature Events                                     BED 115

            Hawaii Tourism Authority – Destination Stewardship and Community                   BED 116

            Hawaii Tourism Authority – Regenerative Tourism Development                          BED 117

            Hawaii Tourism Authority – Workforce Development                                           BED 118

            Hawaii State Energy Office                                                                                BED 120

            Economic Planning and Research                                                                      BED 130

            Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority                                                                 BED 138

            General Support for Economic Development                                                      BED 142

            Hawaii Technology Development Corporation                                                     BED 143

            Office of Planning and Sustainable Development                                                BED 144

            Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority                                                    BED 146

            Hawaii Community Development Authority                                                          BED 150

            Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation                                       BED 160

            Agribusiness Development and Research                                                           BED 170

            Spectator Events & Shows – Aloha Stadium                                                       BED 180

 

No public testimony will be accepted.

 

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 WAMcommittee@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 808-586-6800.

 

 

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Senator Lynn DeCoite

Chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair

 

 

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Senator Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate