HawaiiRELATING TO DECLARATION OF WATER SHORTAGE AND EMERGENCY.
What it does
Amends the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management can declare and provide notice of water shortages and emergencies. Limits the duration of a water shortage declaration to ninety days. Limits water usage restrictions imposed on a permittee or owner and operator to twenty per cent of the permittee's or owner and operator's last reported monthly use.
More detail
Requires CWRM to maintain a list of names and postal or email addresses of persons who request notification of a water shortage declaration and send them a copy of a notice of a water shortage declaration whenever water shortage is declared. Effective 7/1/2040. (SD2)
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 15Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).Latest
- Apr 14House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Ichiyama, Lamosao, Shimizu.
- Apr 11Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).Minor
- Apr 10House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).Minor
- Apr 8Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 8Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 651) in amended form (SD 2).
- Apr 4Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1718) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- Apr 448 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
- Mar 27The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 25The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 10:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- Mar 21Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1214) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- Mar 21Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.Minor
- Mar 21The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-25-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- Mar 14The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- Mar 6Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 250).Minor
- Mar 6Passed First Reading.Minor
- Mar 6Referred to WTL, JDC.Minor
- Mar 4Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Muraoka voting no (4) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.Passed House
- Feb 28Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1085), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- Feb 27The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Feb 11Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 362) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- Feb 11Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).Minor
- Feb 6The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Morikawa, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-06-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Jan 21Introduced and Pass First Reading.Minor
- Jan 21Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 2Minor
- Jan 17Pending introduction.Introduced