SB 1086 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO IRRIGATION.

Summary

Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to finance capital improvement projects for irrigation systems. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1086 → SB1086_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reclassified from a House bill to a Senate amendment, updating metadata and formatting. The most significant policy change is the extension of the bill's effective date from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, which delays when the irrigation capital improvement projects can begin.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on authorizing bonds for irrigation system repairs, but the applicability of the funding is delayed by 25 years.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, significantly delaying the start of the funded projects.

TECHNICAL

The bill type was updated from 'HB' (House Bill) to 'SD1' (Senate Amendment), and associated metadata such as revision numbers and timestamps were updated to reflect the new version.

Minor formatting changes were made to the purpose statement, removing a line break and adjusting capitalization for consistency.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from AEN/WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 607) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-25 1:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN/WTL, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors