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HB 915STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO WATER USE.

Authorizes the Board of Agriculture to investigate and survey the availability of nonpotable water. Authorizes the Commission on Water Resource Management, as a condition for issuing permits, to require the use of dual line water supply systems in new residential and mixed-use developments located in designated water management areas. Authorizes those residential and mixed-use developments to be included in irrigation projects, as defined in chapter 167, HRS. Requires the Department of Health, Board of Agriculture, and counties to update their rules, ordinances, to allow dual line water supply systems in residential and mixed-use developments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Voted 12/8/2025

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

14 yea·0 nay·1 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 12/8/2025Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
  2. 2/20/2025The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
  3. 2/18/2025Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  4. 2/14/2025Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
  5. 2/14/2025Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 647), recommending referral to JHA.
  6. 2/12/2025The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
  7. 2/7/2025Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-12-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  8. 2/4/2025Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3).
  9. 2/4/2025Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 124) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
  10. 1/30/2025The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.