HI HB1067

Prohibits any new construction or development on conservation lands on the Mauna Kea summit at 6,000 feet above sea level and higher, effective after December 31, 2019.

Establishes that the approximately 11,000-acre Mauna Kea summit area is worthy of protection due to its religious significance to Native Hawaiians, who consider the mountain an ancestor and sacred place (wahi pana).

Recognizes that the Mauna Kea summit contains rare, threatened, or endangered plants, animals, and arthropods found nowhere else on the planet, including the palila bird that depends on mämane-naio forest habitat.

Affirms that Native Hawaiians have unrelinquished ownership interest in the Mauna Kea summit lands as ceded lands and possess special customary and traditional rights to cultural practices and access to the summit.