SB 501 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.

Summary

Requires the Department of Health, to the extent allowable under federal law, to prioritize the use of Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund moneys for projects by homeowners to upgrade cesspools to director-approved wastewater systems or connect homeowners' properties to sewerage systems, including projects for the installation of cluster systems or community package plants. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB501 → SB501_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a digital markup format (SD1), with the effective date changed from 'upon approval' to a fixed date of December 31, 2050, aligning with the existing state mandate for cesspool elimination.

Scope change

The substantive policy scope remains unchanged; the bill continues to require the Department of Health to prioritize using revolving fund money for cesspool upgrades or sewer connections.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to 'December 31, 2050', matching the statutory deadline for cesspool elimination.

TECHNICAL

Added digital metadata headers and footers (SD1 markup) that were not present in the original version.

Replaced standard legislative text formatting with digital markup symbols (e.g., '��') and added metadata fields.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from HHS/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 400) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa.

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS/AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors