HB 912 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

HB 912 appropriates funds to cover debt for the Waiahole Water System, directly affecting that specific water system's financial obligations. The bill provides state funding to offset the system's outstanding debt, effectively reducing its financial burden. This funding mechanism is intended to stabilize the Waiahole Water System's operations and debt management. The bill is currently pending in the Agriculture committee with a recommendation to pass, but the core policy change is the allocation of state funds to address the water system's debt.

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 21, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB912 → HB912_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a House of Representatives version to a House Committee version, with all specific dollar amounts removed from the appropriation sections and the effective date changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000. This indicates the bill is in a preliminary review stage where funding details have not yet been finalized.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same - appropriating funds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for Waiahole water system debt - but the specific funding amounts are now blank placeholders.

FISCAL

Specific dollar amounts for appropriations in Sections 2 and 3 were deleted and replaced with blank fields.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, indicating the bill is not yet ready for enactment.

TECHNICAL

Metadata headers and formatting elements from the original document were replaced with House Committee version headers.

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative format to a committee markup format with different line numbering.

Floor votes · House Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

48–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 51

Feb 4, 2025

D Democratic41

40 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican10

8 Yea 2

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 81) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (48-0-3)

house

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors