HB 736 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO WASTEWATER SYSTEMS.

Summary

Establishes and appropriates funds for fiscal year 2025-2026 for a three-year new wastewater system and individual wastewater system technology testing pilot program within the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center. Requires interim and final reports to the Legislature. (CD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Signed Jun 6, 2025

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MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a House Draft (HD1) to a Senate Draft (SD1) version, with the substantive legislative language remaining identical. The changes are primarily technical formatting differences, including the addition of metadata headers, removal of page numbering artifacts, and minor text normalization (such as replacing em-dashes with standard dashes). No policy, funding, eligibility, or timeline changes were made.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a House Draft (HD1) to a Senate Draft (SD1) version, with the substantive legislative language remaining identical.

Metadata headers and metadata fields (e.g., author names, timestamps, revision numbers) were added to the top of the document.

Page numbering artifacts and internal tracking codes (e.g., 'HMSO', 'H.B. NcJ. ~g•1') were removed from the text.

Minor text normalization occurred, such as replacing em-dashes with standard dashes and adjusting line breaks for readability.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Introduced

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 229).

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 229) as amended in (CD 1).

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Gabbard, Lee, C., Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Lowen, Takenouchi, Amato, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 3:00PM in conference room 229.

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 1:45PM in conference room 229.

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 3:45PM in conference room 229.

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to HED, EEP, FIN, referral sheet 31

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Amended

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 553) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

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Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-28-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Reported from HRE/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1246) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HRE were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Fukunaga, Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to HRE/AEN, WAM.

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 32).

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 609), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 100) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED.

lower

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, HED, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

13 primary · 0 co-sponsors