← All Hawaii bills

SB1506Introduced in the Senate

Relating To Professional Land Surveyors.

IntroducedSenate Judiciary

Introduced by Ronald Kouchi, District 8

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

Writing a plain-English summary of this bill… this can take a few seconds the first time.

Official description

Establishes a statute of repose prohibiting the commencement of a civil action against a professional land surveyor or owner of real property if ten years has elapsed since the latter of the date of completion of a contract or final payment for land surveying work. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Where it stands

Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

December 8, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments · February 7, 2025

5

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

Citizen Voice

How would you vote on this bill?

An unofficial public opinion poll. It does not affect the bill or the official vote.

One response per device. Location is self-reported and not verified. Results are informal and not a scientific survey.

See how each senator voted

Bill history

  1. Pending Introduction.

  2. Introduced and passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to CPN, JDC.

  4. The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 9:50AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  6. Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 442) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  7. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

  8. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

Verify the information

Our commitment to neutrality

We provide factual information only. We never tell you which politicians or bills to support, and we do not rank, score, or endorse anyone.