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Oʻahu · City Council · Bills and resolutions

Bill 13 (2026): RELATING TO CLEAN WATER AND NATURAL LANDS FUND.

BILL013(26) · introduced by ESTHER KIAʻĀINA, TOMMY WATERS, Jan. 22, 2026

Summary, as the council's system prints it
Establishes specific processes and procedures for evaluating proposals for expenditures from the Clean Water and Natural Lands Fund. Requires the HLM to perform preliminary due diligence on each proposal for the use of funds in the Clean Water and Natural Lands Fund. Requires a status of the land transaction report six months after Council approval! of a qualified proposal, and every six months thereafteruntil the land transaction closes.
Last event, as printed
Jan. 28, 2026: Passed first reading.
Vote, as printed: 9 AYES: CORDERO, DOS SANTOS-TAM, KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, WEYER*
The measure in the council's system
BILL013(26)

Basis. Title, summary, introducers, dates, last event and vote are copied from the council's document system (hnldoc) as read by script; nothing is paraphrased. First on the record Sept. 19, 2026. Corrections: the corrections log.