HB 905 Hawaii House · 2024 Regular Session

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER YIELDS.

Summary

Requires the University of Hawaiʻi, in consultation with the commission on water resource management, to develop a scope of work and cost analysis to complete a flexible groundwater model that proposes methods for determining the needs of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian practices, climate change projections, and groundwater dependent ecosystems. Requires a joint report to be submitted to the legislature by 11/1/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2023

Committee Review

Mar 2023

House Passage

Mar 2023

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2023 Last action Dec 11, 2023

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 10, 2023

Committee

Referred to HRE/WTL/HWN, WAM.

upper

Mar 9, 2023

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 455).

upper

Mar 7, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 28, 2023

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kila.

lower

Feb 15, 2023

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Feb 15, 2023

Committee

Reported from HET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 484), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 10, 2023

Lower · Passed

The committee on HET recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Perruso, Kapela, Marten, Martinez, Matayoshi, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Woodson.

lower

Feb 8, 2023

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 183) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HET.

lower

Feb 2, 2023

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 30, 2023

Committee

Referred to WAL, HET, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 25, 2023

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 23, 2023

Introduced

Pending introduction.