HI SCR159

Urges adoption of shared guiding principles for restoring and maintaining Waikiki beaches from Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor to Kaimana Beach, an area that generated over 36% of Hawaii's total visitor expenditures in 2025.

Waikiki directly generated nearly 5% and indirectly generated almost 7% of state tax revenue in 2024, with tens of thousands of local residents employed in jobs connected to the area's visitor industry.

Establishes five guiding principles including prioritizing public beach access, regional planning that accounts for natural sand and water movement, state-led planning with cost-sharing among state, county, federal, and private entities, and property owner responsibility for seawall maintenance.

Notes that Waikiki's original beaches were lost prior to 1920 due to sand mining, coral dredging, and coastal construction, and beaches have been restored approximately eleven times since 1939.

Directs certified copies be transmitted to the Governor, Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Board of Land and Natural Resources, Mayor of Honolulu, and Honolulu City Council Chair.