SB 675 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.

Summary

Establishes within the Department of Health's Wastewater Branch a Cesspool Conversion Section, which shall be responsible for facilitating the conversion of cesspools within the State. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the Cesspool Conversion Section. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 26, 2025

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SB675 → SB675_SD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document layout to a structured digital markup format, with minor content corrections including fixing a typo in the bill number (from 'fc79' to '675') and correcting a garbled word in the original text. The substantive policy content regarding cesspool conversion, funding, and departmental responsibilities remains unchanged in meaning.

TECHNICAL

Changed bill number from 'fc79' to '675' in header information

Corrected garbled text 'peyel£p a7id majT^^^^ubMc out^^a^h aj}d edu catd^^n' to clear text 'Develop and manage public outreach and education regarding the conversion of cesspools'

Changed effective date from 'upon its approval' to 'December 31, 2050' in Section 5

Added metadata headers including bill version (SD1), author name (Ainoa Naniole), and timestamp information

Replaced traditional page headers with structured digital metadata fields

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Committee

Feb 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:04AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from HHS/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 399) 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 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 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 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 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS/AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors