SB 150 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO RED HILL.

Summary

Establishes a Water Alliance Initiative Policy Coordinator for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 10, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB150 → SB150_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated from a House version to a Senate District 1 version, primarily changing the effective date of the legislation from July 1, 2025, to January 1, 2050. Additionally, the bill text was reformatted to use all-caps for the title and section headers, and minor stylistic adjustments were made to the definitions and policy coordination sections.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on the Red Hill Water Alliance Initiative, but the delayed effective date significantly alters when the new policy coordinator role and special fund become operational.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to January 1, 2050, delaying the implementation of the new coordinator and fund by several years.

DEFINITION

The definition of the 'Red Hill Water Alliance Initiative' was slightly updated to change 'University of Hawaii' to 'university of Hawaii' for consistency.

TECHNICAL

The bill title and section headers were changed to all-caps formatting, and metadata regarding the bill version was updated to reflect the Senate District 1 submission.

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 WTL/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 574) 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 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 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 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Re-Referred to WTL/AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to WTL/AEN, WAM/JDC.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 10, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

5 primary · 3 co-sponsors