SCR 118 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF ALLOWING BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE STATE TO UTILIZE FILTERED WATER COLLECTED BY WATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.

SCR 118 is a Senate Concurrent Resolution requesting the Hawaii Department of Health to form a working group to study whether business owners could legally use filtered rainwater collected through water catchment systems for business purposes. Currently, state law only permits this water use for personal household needs, not commercial activities. The working group - comprising health officials, legislators, county water departments, and public representatives - will assess feasibility, safety testing protocols, plumbing code compliance, and potential state support for businesses. It will submit recommendations, including possible legislation, to the 2027 Legislature. This resolution does not change existing law but initiates a review of expanding water catchment use for business operations.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 21, 2025

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The bill was reformatted from a document with page headers and footers into a clean digital text version. The substantive policy content remains identical, including the request to create a working group to study using filtered rainwater for business purposes, the working group's composition, and its reporting timeline.

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No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and layout were altered.

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Removed page headers, footers, and document metadata (dates, file names, page numbers) that were present in the original version.

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Added a report title at the end of the document identifying the subject as 'DOH; Business Activity Water Catchment Working Group; Water Supply'.

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Apr 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

upper

Apr 21, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 769).

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Garrett, Ichiyama, Perruso, Quinlan excused (7).

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2131), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2076), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Takenouchi, Garcia.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 28

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 505) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1557) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

upper

6 primary · 1 co-sponsor