SB 1634 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES.

Summary

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the City and County of Honolulu for the planning, design, and construction of up to six monitoring wells, including a sentinel monitoring grid. Effective 5/13/2040. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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SB1634 → SB1634_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to expand the scope of groundwater monitoring wells authorized for funding, increase the number of wells from two to up to six, and include a sentinel monitoring grid. The effective date was significantly changed from July 1, 2025 to May 13, 2040, which appears to be an error or placeholder date that would delay implementation by over 15 years. The funding amount of $20,000,000 remains the same, but the bill now authorizes a more comprehensive monitoring system to better track contamination from the Red Hill fuel storage facility.

Scope change

The bill now authorizes up to six monitoring wells instead of two, and includes the establishment of a sentinel monitoring grid between the Red Hill facility and water production wells to better assess contamination risks.

FISCAL

The number of authorized monitoring wells increased from two to up to six, and the project now includes a sentinel monitoring grid.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to May 13, 2040, which would delay implementation by over 15 years and may be an error.

REQUIREMENT

The bill now requires the establishment of a sentinel monitoring grid as part of the capital improvement project.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes and text cleanup were made throughout the document.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 579) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 3:20PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to EIG, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors