RELATING TO STATE WATER CODE PENALTIES.
Summary
Adds a minimum penalty and amends the maximum penalty per violation of the State Water Code, expands the types of potential violations of the State Water Code, and makes each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to consider certain factors when imposing penalties. Makes the setting, charging, and collecting of administrative fines by the Commission on Water Resource Management mandatory, rather than discretionary. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2024
Last action Mar 7, 2024
Floor votes · House Mar 1, 2024
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 51
Mar 1, 2024
D
Democratic44
95% Yea
R
Republican7
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
8
Mar 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to WTL, JDC/WAM.
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 72).
upper
Mar 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Miyake voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Quinlan, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kahaloa; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Kong voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Matayoshi, Perruso, Sayama, Takayama excused (5).
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 452-24), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takayama.
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Committee
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 179-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, M. Mizuno, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Referred to WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 12, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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