Under a settlement proposal, the lawsuit over the sale of ceded lands would be dropped in exchange for an agreement by the Lingle administration to obtain a two-thirds vote of approval in both houses of the Legislature before it could move forward with any sale of the lands.

The proposal, being crafted by attorneys for the state, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and four individual Native Hawaiians, would allow the dispute over the sale of ceded lands to go away — at least for now.

But the parties, as well as state lawmakers, must still agree to the plan.