REQUESTING THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO ENTER INTO A LONG-TERM WATER LEASE WITH THE WAI‘OLI VALLEY TARO HUI FOR THE HUI'S EXISTING USE OF WATER FROM WAI‘OLI STREAM VIA DIRECT NEGOTIATION, UPON ITS COMPLETION OF REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 343, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Governor
Introduced Mar 12, 2021
Last action Apr 27, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
12
Committee
14
Amendments
2
Apr 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Resolution adopted in final form.
lower
Apr 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Nakamura, Tokioka excused (4).
lower
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced
House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 836) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.
upper
Apr 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1790) with recommendation of adoption.
upper
Apr 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Keohokalole, Acasio, Gabbard, Kim, Lee, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-16-21 10:00AM; Via Videoconference.
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Committee
Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Committee
Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1737), as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of referral to JDC.
upper
Apr 9, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Keith-Agaran, Misalucha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Riviere.
upper
Apr 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 04-09-21 1:30PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to WTL, JDC.
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 383).
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Gates, Ohno excused (2).
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1627), recommending adoption.
lower
Mar 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, D. Kobayashi, Lowen, McKelvey, Takumi, Todd, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) LoPresti, Nakamura.
lower
Mar 24, 2021
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
lower
Mar 24, 2021
Committee
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1299) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to JHA.
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Branco, Ganaden, B. Kobayashi, Kong, Morikawa, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Committee
Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 25
lower
Mar 12, 2021
Introduced
Offered
lower
16 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amy Perruso
DDemocratic
P
Angus McKelvey
DDemocratic
P
Cedric Gates
DDemocratic
P
David Tarnas
DDemocratic
P
Dee Morikawa
DDemocratic
P
Jackson Sayama
DDemocratic
P
James Kunane Tokioka
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Marten
DDemocratic
P
MS
Matthew S. LoPresti
DDemocratic
P
May Mizuno
DDemocratic
P
Nadine K. Nakamura
DDemocratic
P
PP
Patrick Pihana Branco
DDemocratic
P
Scot Matayoshi
DDemocratic
P
Sean Quinlan
DDemocratic
P
TW
Tina Wildberger
DDemocratic
P
Troy Hashimoto
DDemocratic
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