MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO FUND A GRANT TO THE BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, FUTURE PLANNING, AND GROUND WATER REMEDIATION.
Summary
Makes an emergency appropriation from the general revenues of the State of Hawaii to fund a grant-in-aid to the Honolulu Board of Water Supply for emergency operations; future planning, including outreach, education, and water conservation activities; and remediation resulting from the contamination of the southern Oahu basal aquifer. Requires the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to make reports to the Legislature on all expenditures, remediation efforts, and testing quality prior to the regular sessions of 2023, 2024, and 2025. Effective 7/1/2060. (SD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2022
Last action Mar 24, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2022
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 50
Mar 4, 2022
D
Democratic45
95% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
14
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Reported from HTH/WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3435) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HTH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Baker, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Misalucha.
upper
Mar 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HTH/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-22 1:30PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to HTH/WTL, WAM.
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 170).
upper
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, McDermott, Nakashima excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Yamashita, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Branco, Eli, Holt, Todd.
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) LoPresti, Perruso, Tam, Wildberger voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Kapela excused (2).
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 656-22) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Branco, Ganaden, B. Kobayashi, Kong, Morikawa, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Committee
Reported from HHH/EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 187-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Marten, Hashem, Matayoshi, Perruso, Todd, Tokioka, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on HHH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Tam, Gates, Har, Kapela, Nishimoto, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to HHH/EEP, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ryan I. Yamane
DDemocratic
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