Kalawao County

Overview

Kalawao County (Kalaupapa peninsula, Molokai) has no county government, council, board or regular public meeting calendar. It is administered by the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) for the care of people with Hansen's disease: the DOH Director serves as "Mayor" and a sheriff is appointed from county residents (Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 326). Because there are no meetings, this town has no Meetings, Issues or People pages. Pages will be added only when a sourced public meeting or record appears.

What is known

• Act 171, SLH 2026 (SB1432 CD1, passed June 2026): per the DOH page, it sets a trigger date, one year after the last registry patient's death, after which DOH jurisdiction over Kalawao County and the visitor permit requirements are removed. The bill text itself was not read; this is taken from the DOH summary.
• [UNCERTAIN] Legislative text reports 7 people on the Kalaupapa registry receiving state services, 4 of them full-time residents. The figure came from a search summary and was not verified on the page.
• Kalaupapa National Historical Park (National Park Service) announced public tours starting July 9, 2026. News reports say the plan was paused after a protest at the first tour. A visitor cap of 30 per day was reported. [UNCERTAIN: news reports only]
• The park superintendent is reported as Nancy Holman (Civil Beat, August 2026). [UNCERTAIN: single news source]
• The Kalaupapa National Historical Park Advisory Commission (11 members: 7 patients elected by the patient community, 4 appointed on the Governor's recommendation) is listed as inactive with a sunset date of Dec 22, 2025. [UNCERTAIN: from a search summary of the NPS page, not read directly] No current roster or 2026 meeting notice was found.
• The Kalaupapa Transition Interagency Working Group has notes only for 2022-2023. DOH and partner agencies (DHHL, DLNR, DOT, NPS) meet regularly with no public schedule; the last public briefing found was October 5, 2024, at Kaunakakai Elementary.
• The names of the current sheriff and the DOH Kalaupapa administrator were not found.

Upcoming meetings

None found for 2026-09-01 through 2026-12-03.

Sources

• Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 326: https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2017/HRS-Chapter-PDF's/HRS_0326.pdf
• DOH Kalaupapa updates: https://health.hawaii.gov/kalaupapaupdates/ ; Hansen's Disease Branch, (808) 733-9831
• Act 171 text: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1273_.PDF
• National Park Service, Kalaupapa: https://www.nps.gov/kala/
• Collected 2026-11-07 (added at Dewey's request).

Data quality notes

• Not checked: the Kalaupapa Ohana site, the State Boards and Commissions calendar, and Maui County Council agendas for Molokai items touching Kalawao. No video ids were found.