republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2018-regular-session/hb-1934.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
description: "Prohibits the director of health from issuing permits for the construction of sewage wastewater injection wells unless alternative wastewater disposal options are not available, feasible, or practical. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1934"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1934 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Injection Wells", "Prohibition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. LEE", "GATES", "HOLT", "JOHANSON", "Nakamura", "QUINLAN", "SAIKI", "TODD"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2ba52c2-4351-4f06-9aa5-c52a1b46ec93"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1934&year=2018"
source_hash: "722fa04ff0e40b31662480475f3252c159cf023ae46c508913ac92d9498a4c44"
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 1934 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Prohibits the director of health from issuing permits for the construction of sewage wastewater injection wells unless alternative wastewater disposal options are not available, feasible, or practical. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1934** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1934_.HTM)
2. **HB1934_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1934_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1934_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1934_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. LEE — primary (person)
- GATES — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — primary (person)
- Nakamura — primary (person)
- QUINLAN — primary (person)
- SAIKI — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Referred to EEP/HHS, FIN, referral sheet 5 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Re-referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 21 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-15-18 8:35AM in House conference room 325.
- **2018-02-15** The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Kong, McKelvey, Yamane, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Todd. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 717-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2018-02-16** 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) DeCoite, Ing, Nakamura, Onishi, Woodson excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-28-18 12:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-02-28** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 954-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, San Buenaventura, Say, Yamane excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 163). `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Referred to AEN, CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-18 1:15PM in conference room 224.
- **2018-03-12** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Riviere, Nishihara, K. Rhoads, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2949) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPH.
- **2018-03-15** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPH.
- **2018-03-23** The committee(s) on CPH will hold a public decision making on 03-28-18 9:15AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-28** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Espero; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Nishihara, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3415) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2018-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-06-18.
- **2018-04-06** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 563) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2018-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 546).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, Lowen Co-Chairs; Quinlan, McDermott.
- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Baker Co-Chair; Riviere.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 785).
- **2018-05-01** House Conferee(s) discharged.
- **2018-05-01** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-18.
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 700).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 701).
- **2018-05-03** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-05-03** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 706).
- **2018-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-07-10** Act 131, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1232). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-10** Act 131, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1232). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2ba52c2-4351-4f06-9aa5-c52a1b46ec93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).