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Bill	RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.	Extends various reporting deadlines and the sunset date of the cesspool conversion working group established pursuant to Act 132, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018. Extends the lapse date on appropriations for the comprehensive statewide study of sewage contamination in nearshore marine areas and for research and technical assistance necessary for completion of the comprehensive cesspool conversion plan. (HB551 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 551	Hawaii HB 551 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	DOH UH Cesspool Conversion Working Group Cesspool Study Appropriations Extension	enacted	B. KOBAYASHI BELATTI CULLEN DECOITE GATES ICHIYAMA JOHANSON KITAGAWA LOWEN LUKE MIZUNO NAKAMURA OHNO SAIKI TARNAS THIELEN TODD WILDBERGER	2	46	7	2019-01-18	2019-07-03	openstates	ocd-bill/703b5895-5646-43f2-b1ec-3c5e0ae72552	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=551&year=2019	34c34e2d82de953cef8c3226ff5edcd64042c44031b36d9a2c93aad264372a13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 551 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.

Extends various reporting deadlines and the sunset date of the cesspool conversion working group established pursuant to Act 132, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018. Extends the lapse date on appropriations for the comprehensive statewide study of sewage contamination in nearshore marine areas and for research and technical assistance necessary for completion of the comprehensive cesspool conversion plan. (HB551 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB551 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB551_CD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
• BELATTI — primary (person)
• CULLEN — primary (person)
• DECOITE — primary (person)
• GATES — primary (person)
• ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
• JOHANSON — primary (person)
• KITAGAWA — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• LUKE — primary (person)
• MIZUNO — primary (person)
• NAKAMURA — primary (person)
• OHNO — primary (person)
• SAIKI — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• THIELEN — primary (person)
• TODD — primary (person)
• WILDBERGER — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-22 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 4 referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 01-31-19 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-01-31 The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Har, Tarnas, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-07 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 127), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-02-07 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nakamura, Thielen excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-22-19 11:00AM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-02-22 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Todd. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1059), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 197). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to AEN/CPH/HRE, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Re-Referred to AEN/HRE, WAM.
• 2019-03-12 The committee(s) on AEN/HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-19 2:15PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-03-20 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-20 The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Keith-Agaran. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from AEN/HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1389) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
• 2019-03-29 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-19 10:20AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-04-03 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1920) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2019-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 755) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2019-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Wildberger Co-Chairs; Tarnas, Thielen.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-15 Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Kim, English Co-Chairs; Fevella.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900).
• 2019-04-18 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-22-19 11:05AM in conference room 224.
• 2019-04-22 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Tarnas; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen.
• 2019-04-22 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Kim, English, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 10) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-25 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 10).
• 2019-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
• 2019-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-07-03 Act 170, on 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1272). executive-signature
• 2019-07-03 Act 170, 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1272). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/703b5895-5646-43f2-b1ec-3c5e0ae72552. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).