---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO WATER MANAGEMENT."
description: "Requires the State and counties to consider storm water management in the development of the Hawaii Water Resource Protection Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1509"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1509 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water", "Storm Water Management", "Water Resource Protection Plan"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CULLEN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1f9bab7-cc16-4c02-aa80-5b14549c00b2"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1509&year=2017"
source_hash: "273d6e2185ca25dfa8ce6184da8ced8d3b4277763d8ff55d696eb4514aaaf5da"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 1509 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO WATER MANAGEMENT.

Requires the State and counties to consider storm water management in the development of the Hawaii Water Resource Protection Plan.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1509** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1509_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- CULLEN — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to EEP, WAL, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 02-14-17 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
- **2017-02-14** The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Evans, Ichiyama, Kong, Say, Yamane, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 518), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
- **2017-02-17** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Wednesday, 03-01-17 11:00AM in House conference room 325.
- **2017-03-01** The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Kong, Cullen, C. Lee, Lowen, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Evans, Ichiyama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 755), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 74). `introduction`
- **2017-03-03** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to WTL/AEN/PSM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** The committee(s) on WTL/AEN/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-31-17 2:45PM in conference room 224.
- **2017-03-31** The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Inouye, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Nishihara, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Riviere, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Baker, Ihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Reported from WTL/AEN/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1336) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
- **2017-04-05** One Day Notice 04-06-17.
- **2017-04-06** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) English). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 482).
- **2017-04-07** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-04-26** Act 005, 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105). `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26** Act 005, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1f9bab7-cc16-4c02-aa80-5b14549c00b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).