RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Summary
Requires newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline to include denitrification capacity. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2025
Last action Feb 13, 2025
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MINOR
This bill simplifies the requirements for wastewater systems near shorelines by removing complex soil and geological criteria. The original version required systems to meet specific conditions about soil age, nutrient capacity, and shrink/swell characteristics, while the revised version only requires denitrification capacity for systems located within 200 feet of a shoreline.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed from applying to wastewater systems near shorelines with specific soil and geological conditions to applying to all wastewater systems within 200 feet of a shoreline, regardless of soil type or geological characteristics.
ELIGIBILITY
Removed eligibility criteria requiring soil to be less than 5,000 years old, have low nutrient holding capacity, and exhibit low shrink/swell characteristics with very fast permeability.
REQUIREMENT
Changed the requirement from applying to systems near shorelines OR likely to pollute groundwater to only applying to systems within 200 feet of a shoreline.
TECHNICAL
Removed the elevation requirement of 1,500 feet above sea level that was present in the original version.
Floor votes · House Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
47–1
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 51
Feb 4, 2025
D
Democratic41
97% Yea
R
Republican10
70% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 599) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 102) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
lower
Feb 4, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (47-1-3)
house
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to EEP, WAL, CPC, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nadine Nakamura
DDemocratic
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