Ala Kūʻē Petition
To Rise in Revolt in Opposition of SB2260
The Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands (AHHL) is a statewide homestead association, representing the interests of eligible Hawaiians on the waitlist for an allotment of land under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (HHCA). The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) is a statewide homestead association representing the interests of both waitlist and lessees of Hawaiian Home Lands.
AHHL and SCHHA present the Ala Kūʻē Advocacy Petition to voice opposition to an abusive piece of State legislation that intends to strip the promises made at Statehood to Hawaiians and dishonor the tenets of the HHCA. We invite you to join AHHL and SCHHA - add your voice to the petition.
On January 15 2026, 3 State of Hawaii Senators introduced SB 2260. The Description: Provides that an individual who becomes a lessee of a tract of Hawaiian home lands, either as an original lessee or as a successor lessee, shall forfeit any interest as an original lessee or successor lessee in any other tract of Hawaiian home lands and be removed from any applicant waitlist.
The HHCA for over a century, and for the last 67 years of Statehood, promises Hawaiians an allotment of land to build a home, AND a parcel for a farm or ranch. Moreover, the ability to heir allotments to children and grandchildren to ensure multi-generational use. SB 2260 attempts to solve the failure of State government over the last 67 years where more than 29,000 Hawaiians continue to age and die on a State government waitlist, by simply breaking the promise our federal government made in 1920, and our state government made in 1959. SB 2260 simply erases people and children rather than fixing State government. The Senators that introduced Bill 2260 are:
Senator Decoite District 7 covers Hana, East & Upcountry Maui, Molokaʻi, Lanaʻi, Kahoolawe and Molokini.
Phone: 808-587-7225 | Email: sendecoite@capitol.hawaii.gov
Senator Hashimoto District 5 covers Wailuku, Kahului, Waiheʻe, Waikapu Mauka, Waiehu
Phone: 808-586-7344 | Email: senhashimoto@capitol.hawaii.gov
Senator Michelle Kidani District 18 covers Mililani Town, Waipiʻo Gentry, Crestview, Waikele, portion of Waipahu, Village Park & Royal Kunia
Phone:808-586-7100 | Email:senkidani@capitol.hawaii.gov
The HHCA is a federal promise. In 1959 the State of Hawaii made its promise to include the HHCA in the Hawaii Constitution, and to administer the HHCA as intended by the U.S. Congress and Congressman Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. SB 2260 seeks to break those promises, adding to a long list of broken promises to Hawaiians. We must speak up, we must say no, we must demand that our rights and the tenets of the HHCA be honored - that the promises made to our people to become the 50th State are upheld. SB 2260 is an attack on 10,000 lessees on Hawaiian Home Lands, and on the 29,000 on the waitlist that have patiently waited decades.
Worse, SB 2260 is an attack on our children and grandchildren, born and unborn, to strip them of their rights guaranteed under the HHCA to become heirs of a rightful residential or agricultural allotment of land. Do not be silent. Join the Ala Kūʻē Advocacy Petition to oppose SB 2260, to uphold the Hawaii Constitution, and the promise of the HHCA. We denounce the intent of SB 2260 to create automatic forfeiture of homestead leases or removal from the waitlist, undermining the fiduciary duty of every legislator that raises a right hand swearing duty to the Hawaii Constitution, to protect our trust assets that includes the rights of Hawaiians in the HHCA.
1. Contact your State Senator and Representative today and urge opposition to SB2260 to protect HHCA beneficiary rights and trust integrity.
2. Submit testimony, share this petition, and ensure voices are on record to put real solutions forward by state government, not the erasure of a people.
3. Stand with HHCA Hawaiians to protect succession and heirship rights to fulfill the purpose of Hawaiian Home Lands.
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First Name
Last Name
Email
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Where do you currently reside ?
Big Island
Kaua’i
Maui
Lana’i
Moloka’i
Oahu
Continental USA
Will you join the Ala Kūʻē Advocacy Petition to oppose SB 2260, that abuses Hawaiians?
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Are you or anyone you know, residing on Hawaiian Home Lands?
Yes
No
Are you or anyone you know, on the waitlist for Hawaiian Home Lands?
Yes
No
Mahalo for joining the Ala Kue Advocacy Petition to protect the integrity of the HHCA and the promises made in the Hawaii Constitution to the Hawaiian people. Add More Comments (Mana'o) of your Opposition to SB2260 Below.
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