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OHA: Office of Hawaiian Affairs

SB 268 SD1: Island Burial Council

Testify in support of SB 268 SD1!

Mahalo to everyone who submitted testimony for the first hearing of SB 268 on January 29. Thanks to your support, this bill has moved forward to the Senate Committee on Judiciary as SB 268 SD1 and will be heard on…

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HB1358 HD1: Public Land Trust

HB 1358 HD1 – Support OHA’s Public Land Trust Bill

Mahalo to everyone who submitted testimony for the first hearing of HB 1358 on February 4.

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HB1358: Public Land Trust

Ensure that OHA Receives its Fair Share of Public Land Trust Revenues

The House will hear HB1358, a bill that will appropriate funds to audit and inventory the public land trust, this Tuesday, February 4, at 9:00 a.m.

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HB410: OHA Budget Bill

Support OHA’s 2025 Budget Bill at its First House Hearing!

Submit Testimony by Tomorrow, January 30 at 2:00 p.m. Testimony received after the deadline will be accepted, but considered late. Those who wish to testify via videoconference, must also submit written testimony. See the Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Hearing Notice and Submit…

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SB 268 / 269

URGENT: Testimony needed for SB268 and SB269 by Tomorrow, Jan. 27!

The Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs will be hearing two bills from OHA’s 2025 Legislative Package on Tuesday, January 28 at 1:00 p.m.

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URGENT: Testify in support of SB534 by Tuesday, Jan. 28!

SB534 is scheduled for joint public hearing before the Senate Committees on (1) Water and Land (WAL); (2) Hawaiian Affairs (HWN); and (3) Housing (HOU) on Wednesday, January 29 at 1:00 p.m. Submit Testimony by Tuesday, January 28 at 1:00 p.m. Testimony…

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Hawaii Capitol Building

Office of Hawaiian Affairs submits bills for consideration

(HONOLULU) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today submitted its legislative package to the Native Hawaiian Caucus of the Hawai’i State Legislature for consideration in the upcoming 2025 legislative session.  “The OHA package contains four bills that will help address…

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OHA selects Niniau Kawaihae as Director of Community Engagement

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has named Hawaiʻi Island native Niniau Kawaihae as its new Director of Community Engagement.

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OHA: Office of Hawaiian Affairs

2024 Legislative Primer Sheets

Hawaiʻi Island House Representative Greggor Ilagen Representative Jeanne Kapela Representative David A. Tarnas Representative Kirstin Kahaloa Senate Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura Senator Lorraine R. Inouye Senator Dru Mamo Kanuha Senator Herbert M. “Tim” Richards Kauaʻi House Representative Luke A….

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Keʻōpū Reelitz named Director of Advocacy at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced today that it has selected Keʻōpū Reelitz as its new director of Advocacy (chief advocate).

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