RELATING TO WATER CARRIERS.
Summary
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish automatic adjustment mechanisms. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to grant exemptions to any water carrier from any requirement under the Hawaii Water Carrier Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2025
Last action Dec 8, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was updated from House Draft 1 to House Draft 2, primarily changing the language to authorize the Public Utilities Commission to establish automatic rate adjustments rather than requiring them. It also clarifies that specific requests for these mechanisms should be filed as a forty-five-day tariff transmittal, preventing them from being treated as standard rate increase applications.
Scope change
The bill's scope shifted from a mandatory requirement for the commission to create adjustment mechanisms to a discretionary authority, allowing the commission to decide when and how to implement these tools.
REQUIREMENT
Changed the obligation for the commission to 'establish' automatic adjustment mechanisms to 'may establish,' making the creation of these mechanisms optional rather than mandatory.
Updated the filing procedure to specify that requests for automatic adjustment mechanisms must be submitted as a forty-five-day tariff transmittal, explicitly stating they are not rate increase applications.
TECHNICAL
Adjusted the bill description to reflect the new discretionary language and updated the report title to include 'Automatic Adjustment Mechanism.'
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 678) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 163) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
Referred to TRN, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Hashem
DDemocratic
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