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Bill	RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION CONTROL.	Revises chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add definitions that are consistent with federal Clean Water Act regulations. Clarifies the Director of Health's role as a certifying agency, including enforcement of water quality certifications, and increases certain statutory civil penalties. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 1079	Hawaii HB 1079 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	State Waters Water Pollution Control Water Quality Certifications	enacted	SAIKI	6	49	8	2023-01-23	2023-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/6ba2b8a2-ae46-40e0-954c-f96b8203d3a0	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1079&year=2023	715de3fccdda6b4f50c78b06a2b49a839220d73ebe1fb12802b85309f9f91f7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1079 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION CONTROL.

Revises chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add definitions that are consistent with federal Clean Water Act regulations. Clarifies the Director of Health's role as a certifying agency, including enforcement of water quality certifications, and increases certain statutory civil penalties. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1079 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1079_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1079_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1079_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1079_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. HB1079_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• SAIKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-06 Act 233, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1336). became-law
• 2023-07-06 Act 233, on 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1336). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). passage
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
• 2023-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 124).
• 2023-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 124) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2023-04-28 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) Inouye, Gabbard, Moriwaki, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen, Kitagawa, Evslin, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 11:25AM; Conference Room 229.
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 9:45AM; Conference Room 229.
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 229.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Ichiyama, Lowen, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Evslin, Poepoe, Souza.
• 2023-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 914). receipt
• 2023-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Gabbard, Moriwaki Co-Chairs; Elefante.
• 2023-04-14 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). receipt
• 2023-04-13 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 832) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2023-04-11 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-06 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1813) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2023-04-04 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki, Shimabukuro. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-04 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-31 The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-21 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1219) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
• 2023-03-15 The 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, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-10 The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-10 Referred to WTL, JDC/WAM. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 392). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-03 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-03 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1204) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-02-28 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kila. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-28-23 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-16 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Todd excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Reported from WAL/EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 496) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2023-02-09 The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Cochran, Kahaloa, Perruso, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, Ward. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-09 The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL/EEP on Thursday, 02-09-23 8:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-30 Referred to WAL/EEP, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2023-01-25 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-23 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ba2b8a2-ae46-40e0-954c-f96b8203d3a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).