HB 1367 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES.

Summary

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to the Honolulu Board of Water Supply for the planning, design, and construction of up to six monitoring wells. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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HB1367 → HB1367_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to expand the scope of groundwater monitoring at the Red Hill fuel facility by increasing the number of authorized monitoring wells from two to six. Additionally, the funding amount for these wells was adjusted to reflect the increased scope, and the bill's effective date was changed to a distant future date of July 1, 3000. These changes aim to provide more comprehensive data on potential contamination risks while altering the immediate implementation timeline.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from authorizing two monitoring wells to authorizing up to six monitoring wells to better assess groundwater contamination risks around the Red Hill facility.

FISCAL

The funding authorization was updated to support the construction of up to six monitoring wells instead of the original two, with the specific dollar amount adjusted accordingly.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, significantly delaying when the law takes effect.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply was increased from installing two monitoring wells to installing up to six wells to improve data collection.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 665) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to EEP/WAL, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

10 primary · 0 co-sponsors