REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONVENE AND PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE TO A DESALINATION PLANNING TASK FORCE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE USE OF DESALINATION FOR LARGE-SCALE WATER CONSUMPTION IN THE STATE IS FEASIBLE.
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Introduced
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History
2025
Apr 25Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 877).Latest
Apr 24Resolution adopted in final form.Major
Apr 23Reconsideration of action taken on 04-21-25; agree to House amendments.
Apr 23Senate agrees with House Amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Adoption on 04-24-25.
Apr 23One Day Notice 04-24-25
Apr 23Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 870).Minor
Apr 21Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 774).Minor
Apr 21Senate disagrees with House amendments.Minor
Apr 21Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 846).Minor
Apr 17Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2133), recommending adoption.
Apr 17Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Garrett, Ichiyama, Perruso, Quinlan excused (7).Passed 2nd Chamber
Apr 17Transmitted to Senate.
Apr 16The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.Minor
Vote recorded Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Lower
Apr 14Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2087) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.
Apr 14Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
Apr 14Scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-16-25 2:00PM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Apr 10The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson.Minor
Vote recorded The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
Apr 7Resolution scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 04-10-25 9:30AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Apr 4Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 28Minor
Apr 2Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.Passed 1st Chamber
Apr 2Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 452) in amended form (SD 1).Minor
Apr 1Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1428) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).
Apr 1One Day Notice 04-02-25.
Mar 21The 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.Minor
Vote recorded Reconsider: The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
Mar 17The committee(s) on WTL deferred the measure until 03-21-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.Minor
Mar 13The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.