Senate Panel Kills Final DHHL Casino Proposal - Honolulu Civil Beat Senate Panel Kills Final DHHL Casino Proposal The Hawaiian Home Lands director had called proposed amendments to the measure a “glimmer of hope” but now says that flicker is dead. Reading time: 2 minutes. Hawaii residents will not see a casino on Oahu or elsewhere in the state anytime soon. Sen. Maile Shimabukuro, chairwoman of the Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee, deferred Senate Bill 1321 indefinitely Thursday. Had it been passed into law it would have allowed the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to regulate limited casino gaming on lands in Kapolei.