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| Bill | RELATING TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT. | Clarifies that the prohibition against discharging wastewater or raw sewage into state waters after 12/31/2026 includes treatment plants. Repeals the exemption from the prohibition for treatment plants that utilize sewage to produce clean energy. (HD3) | us/states/hi | Hawaii Legislature | 2025 | SB 946 | Hawaii SB 946 (2025) |
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Hawaii SB 946 (2025) — RELATING TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT.
Clarifies that the prohibition against discharging wastewater or raw sewage into state waters after 12/31/2026 includes treatment plants. Repeals the exemption from the prohibition for treatment plants that utilize sewage to produce clean energy. (HD3)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- SB946 (committee substitute) — source
- SB946_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB946_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
- SB946_HD3 (committee substitute) — source
- SB946_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB946_SD2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–1 (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — 23–2 (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Final Reading. — 23–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- CHANG — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-05-16 Act 060, on 05/16/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160).
became-law - 2025-05-16 Act 060, 05/16/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160).
became-law - 2025-04-21 Enrolled to Governor.
executive-receipt - 2025-04-21 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 845).
receipt - 2025-04-21 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none).
passage - 2025-04-21 Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 832).
receipt - 2025-04-17 One Day Notice 04-21-25
- 2025-04-17 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-21-25.
- 2025-04-17 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-08-25 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
- 2025-04-08 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774).
receipt - 2025-04-08 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
amendment-failure - 2025-04-08 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 589).
introduction, receipt - 2025-04-04 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Amato, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
passage - 2025-04-02 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-04-25.
- 2025-04-02 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1786) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- 2025-03-27 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Todd.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2025-03-20 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Amato, Garcia, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
- 2025-03-20 Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1405) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.
- 2025-03-18 The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-14 Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 03-18-25 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2025-03-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Garcia, Muraoka voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
reading-2, referral-committee - 2025-03-14 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1249) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
- 2025-03-13 The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 03-13-25 9:45AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2025-03-06 Referred to EEP, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 19
referral-committee - 2025-03-06 Pass First Reading
reading-1 - 2025-03-04 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 225) in amended form (SD 2).
introduction, receipt - 2025-03-04 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage - 2025-02-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
- 2025-02-28 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 923) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- 2025-02-26 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-20 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- 2025-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
reading-2, referral-committee - 2025-02-14 Reported from HHS/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 641) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- 2025-01-31 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-01-31 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-01-30 The committee(s) on HHS/AEN added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 01-31-25 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
- 2025-01-30 Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.
- 2025-01-23 Referred to HHS/AEN, WAM.
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Passed First Reading.
reading-1 - 2025-01-17 Introduced.
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d73ba0a-2c06-4991-9cd8-cb0b41552d8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).