RELATING TO ACCESS TO WATER ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Summary
Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to work with the appropriate county board or department of water supply to provide access to potable and agricultural water on Hawaiian home lands; provided that any agreement between DHHL and that county board or department of water supply is made available to the public.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2025
Last action Feb 13, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Feb 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HWN/WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Committee
Re-Referred to HWN/WLA, JDC.
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Re-Referred to HWN/WTL, JDC.
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to HWN/WTL/EIG, JDC.
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Henry Aquino
DDemocratic
P
Kurt Fevella
RRepublican
P
Mike Gabbard
DDemocratic
P
Stanley Chang
DDemocratic
P
Tim Richards
DDemocratic
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