SB 1634 Hawaii Senate · 2026 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 passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1634 → SB1634_SD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to shift the project lead from the state Board of Water Supply to the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, increasing the authorized funding from $20 million for two wells to $28.5 million for up to six wells plus a new 'sentinel monitoring grid.' The effective date was significantly delayed from July 2025 to May 2040, likely to align with the long-term closure timeline of the Red Hill fuel facility.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a limited two-well project to a comprehensive six-well project including a sentinel monitoring grid, and the responsible agency changed from the state board to the city and county board.

FISCAL

The authorized bond amount increased from $20,000,000 to approximately $28,533,000 (reflected in the revised template number).

REQUIREMENT

The project scope expanded from constructing two monitoring wells to up to six wells, including the establishment of a 'sentinel monitoring grid' to better track contamination migration.

ELIGIBILITY

The primary recipient of the funds changed from the state Board of Water Supply to the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (City and County of Honolulu).

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to May 13, 2040, significantly delaying when the project can begin.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and capitalization updates were made throughout the text, such as standardizing 'department of health' to 'department of health's' and adding 'PFAS' to the description of chemical spills.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

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