HB 781 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE WAIAHOLE WATER SYSTEM.

HB 781 allocates state funds specifically for the Waiahole Water System to cover bond debt payments and repair a tunnel. It directly affects the Waiahole Water System, a public water utility, by providing financial resources for critical infrastructure maintenance and debt obligations. The bill’s key provision is the appropriation of dedicated funding for these two purposes, ensuring ongoing operational stability. This is a straightforward funding measure with no new regulations or eligibility requirements for residents or businesses. The bill is currently recommended for passage by the Agriculture committee with amendments.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB781 → HB781_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a standard House document to a House Committee (HD1) version, which replaced the original $4.5 million debt service appropriation and $2 million repair appropriation with blank fields. Additionally, the effective date was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, and the text was converted to a plain text format with metadata headers.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding specific funding amounts and the effective date was altered, though the blank fields suggest the final amounts may still be pending legislative action.

FISCAL

The specific dollar amounts for debt service and tunnel repair were removed and replaced with blank spaces, indicating the amounts are currently undefined or to be determined.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was converted from a standard legislative text format to a plain text format with metadata headers, likely for internal committee processing.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 357), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.