Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii SB 1541

RELATING TO THE WAIAHOLE WATER SYSTEM.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed Senate
4. Passed House
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• RICHARDS (Democratic)
• AQUINO
• CHANG (Democratic)
• MCKELVEY (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• SB1541
• SB1541_SD1
• SB1541_HD1

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 8:07 AM.

Actions

• Jan 22, 2025 · Senate
  Pending Introduction.
• Jan 23, 2025 · Senate
  Introduced and passed First Reading.
• Jan 27, 2025 · Senate
  Referred to EDT, WAM.
• Feb 3, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-25 1:15PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• Feb 6, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
  Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 397) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• Feb 21, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• Feb 27, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Feb 28, 2025 · Senate
  Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 949) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• Feb 28, 2025 · Senate
  One Day Notice 03-04-25.
• Mar 4, 2025 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
• Mar 4, 2025 · House
  Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 366) in amended form (SD 1).
• Mar 6, 2025 · House
  Pass First Reading
• Mar 6, 2025 · House
  Referred to AGR, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 19
• Mar 7, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 12, 2025 · House
  The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
• Mar 14, 2025 · House
  Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1226) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
• Mar 14, 2025 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
• Mar 17, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 03-20-25 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 20, 2025 · House
  The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.
• Mar 21, 2025 · House
  Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1485), recommending referral to FIN.
• Mar 21, 2025 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Shimizu voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
• Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
  Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.