HB 211 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO STREAM MAINTENANCE.

Summary

Requires the counties to remove and dispose of personal property as part of the maintenance of channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways. Clarifies that personal property stored in or near a channel, streambed, streambank, or drainageways for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours shall be deemed abandoned property which may be disposed of by the State or county. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action Feb 27, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

HB211 → HB211_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to shift responsibility for removing abandoned personal property from the State Department of Land and Natural Resources to the counties. The original version required the State to dispose of property left in streams, while the new version requires counties to maintain channels and remove debris, with the authority to dispose of abandoned property belonging to either the State or county.

Scope change

Responsibility for maintenance and removal of abandoned property shifted from the State to the counties.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the primary duty from State disposal to county maintenance and removal of debris and abandoned property in waterways.

ENFORCEMENT

Added authority for counties to enforce compliance with a civil penalty of up to $500 per day for violations.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from upon approval to July 1, 3000.

DEFINITION

Clarified that counties are responsible for maintaining channels unless they are privately owned or owned by the State.

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 360) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 6, 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, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

10 primary · 0 co-sponsors