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OHA Board of Trustees

Date:
Wednesday, 03/11/2026
Start Time:
09:00 AM
Place:
virtual meeting can be viewed and observed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or in-person at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817.

Agenda

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DATE: Wednesday, March 11, 2026

TIME: 9:00 A.M.

PLACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conference Technology

This meeting will be held virtually and may be viewed live via OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone by dialing (213) 338-8477 and entering Webinar ID: 828 5982 1444 Additionally, this meeting can be viewed live on ‘Ōlelo Community Media https://olelo.org/. A physical meeting location will be open to the public for those who wish to provide oral testimony or observe the meeting in person at: Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817.

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. New Business

A. Request for approval to waive the following agenda items—2026 Legislative Session and Rapid Response Approval testimony submittal updates and bill position Matrices 1-10—from the Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment (BAE) to the Board of Trustees, pursuant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Bylaws (September 4, 2025), Article VIII, Section M.

B. Administration Update – 2026 Legislative Session and Rapid Response Approval Testimony Submittal Updates – No deliberation or decision-making

C. OHA Positions on 2026 Legislative Bills

1. 2026 OHA State Legislative Bill Package – Matrix 1

2. 2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Naming OHA - Matrix 2

3. 2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting the Public Land Trust - Matrix 3

4. 2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Natural Resources and Native Hawaiian

Traditional & Customary Practices - Matrix 4

5. 2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Housing – Matrix 5

6. 2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Health - Matrix 6

7. 2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Education - Matrix 7

8. 2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Bills Affecting Native Hawaiian Economic Stability - Matrix 8

9. 2026 OHA Position on Bills Affecting Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Chapter 6E (Iwi kupuna and historic preservation) - Matrix 9

10. 2026 Legislature: OHA Position on Governor’s Messages for State Board and Commission Confirmations – Matrix 10

III. Executive Session§

A. Legal Matters. The Board anticipates convening in an executive meeting pursuant to HRS § 92- 5(a)(4) to receive updated information, consult with its legal counsel, and take any necessary action regarding the Board's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities with respect to matters relating to the defense of Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira v. OHA, Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822

IV. Announcements

V. Adjournment

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact Keola Fong at (808) 626-5484 or by email at

keolaf@oha.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.

In the event that the livestream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be restored, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda. Meeting recordings will be made available on OHA’s website

https://www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.

Public Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Community Concerns and

Celebrations is not limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Chapter 92, prohibits Board members from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.

The board packet will be available for the public to inspect at OHA’s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817, no later than three full business days before the meeting. The board packet will also be made available on Oha’s website,

https://www.oha.org/bot as soon as practicable thereafter.

§ Notice: This portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to HRS § 92-5.

Testimony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony or (2) live, oral testimony online or at the physical meeting location during the remote meeting.

(1) Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should submit testimony via email to

botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.,

Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Testimony is requested to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow

board members with sufficient time to review the testimony before the meeting. All written testimony will be posted on OHA’s meeting

website. Please omit or redact any personal information (e.g., name, email address, phone number, home address, or materials) that you do

not want to be disclosed publicly online.

(2) Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting, please click on the link below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82859821444

To provide oral testimony online, you will need:

(1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the remote meeting;

(2) internet access; and

(3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.

Persons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day-of the meeting at the physical meeting location.

Once your oral testimony is completed, you may be asked to disconnect from the meeting. If you willfully disrupt the meeting or do not

disconnect on your own, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting. You can continue to view the remainder of the meeting on

the livestream or by telephone, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.

Oral testimony online or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes. Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be

accepted at this time.


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