SB 1541 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE WAIAHOLE WATER SYSTEM.

SB 1541 allocates state funds to cover bond payments and repair the tunnel for the Waiahole Water System. This directly affects the system's operators and customers by ensuring ongoing infrastructure maintenance and debt obligations are met. The bill specifies funding for two key purposes: paying off existing bonds and addressing tunnel repairs. It becomes effective on July 1, 3000, as stated in the official abstract.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Mar 21, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1541_HD1 → SB1541_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was revised from a House Draft (HD1) to a Senate Draft (SD1) version, with the most significant change being the effective date of the Act. The original House version set the effective date to July 1, 3000, while the Senate version changed it to July 1, 2050. The substantive policy content regarding funding amounts, purpose, and legislative findings remained largely the same, though formatting and some text presentation were updated.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it continues to appropriate funds for Waiahole Water System bond debt service and tunnel repairs.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 3000 to July 1, 2050, likely to correct an apparent clerical error in the original draft.

TECHNICAL

Text formatting was updated throughout the document, including changes to line breaks, spacing, and some character encoding issues were corrected.

The bill header and metadata information were updated to reflect the Senate Draft (SD1) version instead of the House Draft (HD1) version.

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

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Shimizu voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1485), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1226) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Mar 12, 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; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 366) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 397) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-25 1:15PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDT, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors