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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-02 Active legislationHB1688 HD1 Packaging Waste; Needs Assessment; Advisory Council; Extended Producer Responsibility Program; Department of Health; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment and establish an advisory council to determine what would be needed to transition to a more circular system with less waste generation, more reuse, and an extended producer responsibility program for packaging materials and paper products. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) H 2/16/2024: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia, Kong voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5). HB1691 HD1 Environment; Individual Wastewater Systems; Nearshore Waters; Denitrification Capacity RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline, or likely to pollute groundwater, to include denitrification capacity. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) H 2/16/2024: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5). SB2360 SD1 DOH; Cesspools; Cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project; Report; Positions; Expenditure Ceiling; Appropriations RELATING TO CESSPOOL CONVERSIONS. Requires the Department of Health to submit a report to the Legislature on the cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project prior to the Regular Session of 2025. Establishes three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) positions to implement the Cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project established by Act 153, SLH 2022. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes appropriations. (SD1) S 2/16/2024: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. SB2368 SD1 DOH; Packaging Waste; Needs Assessment; Extended Producer Responsibility Program; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment to inform the future establishment of an extended producer responsibility program for packaging waste. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. (SD1) S 2/16/2024: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. SB2369 SD1 Toxic Chemicals; Working Group; PFAS; Reports RELATED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS. Establishes a working group to investigate the existence and environmental dangers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and related chemicals. Requires reports to the Legislature. (SD1) S 2/16/2024: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM. HB1892 HD1 Cesspools; Mandatory Upgrade, Conversion, or Connection; Prioritization; Public Outreach and Education; Cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Part II: Requires certain priority level 1 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2035, and priority level 2 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2040, rather than before 1/1/2050. Part III: Authorizes and appropriates funds to the Department of Health to retain qualified consultants as necessary to identify necessary public outreach and education resources and tools and develop a comprehensive public outreach strategy and website to educate homeowners and wastewater industry professionals about information and resources regarding the State's cesspool upgrade, conversion, and connection requirements and deadlines. Part IV: Appropriates funds and establishes positions for the implementation of the cesspool compliance pilot grant project. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) H 2/16/2024: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Gates, Kila, Matsumoto, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5). HB1585 HD1 Polystyrene Food- service Containers; State Agencies, Vendors, Facilities, Concessions, Events, Programs; Prohibition RELATING TO PLASTIC POLLUTION. Prohibits state agencies from purchasing or using polystyrene food-service containers. Prohibits vendors contracted through a state agency from selling, offering for sale, providing, or using polystyrene food-service containers at any site owned or leased by the State. Prohibits polystyrene food-service containers from being sold, offered for sale, provided, or used at any state facility, state- authorized concession, state-sponsored or state- permitted event, or state program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) H 2/16/2024: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5). SB2425 Cesspools; DOH; Public Outreach and Education; Real Property; Mandatory Seller Disclosures; Appropriation RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Authorizes and appropriates funds to the Department of Health to retain qualified consultants as necessary to identify necessary public outreach and education resources and tools and develop a comprehensive public outreach strategy and website to educate homeowners and wastewater industry professionals about information and resources regarding the State's cesspool upgrade, conversion, and connection requirements and deadlines. Requires that mandatory seller disclosures in real estate transactions include whether the property has a cesspool, including the date by which state law mandates that the cesspool be upgraded, converted, or connected, and the priority level of the cesspool according to the Hawaii cesspool hazard assessment and prioritization tool. S 2/16/2024: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM/CPN. SB2426 SD1 Cesspools; Cesspool Conversion Working Group; Mandatory Upgrade, Conversion, or Connection; Prioritization; Income Tax Credit; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Part II: Requires certain priority level 1 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2035, and priority level 2 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2045, rather than before 1/1/2050. Part III: Appropriates funds to implement the cesspool compliance pilot grant project established pursuant to Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022. Declares that the general expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Part IV: Establishes an income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a director of health-approved wastewater system or connecting to a sewerage system. (SD1) S 2/16/2024: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. HB1972 HD1 Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Reuse; Recycling; Working Group; Hawaii State Energy Office RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES. Establishes a working group within the Hawaii State Energy Office to make recommendations for the reuse and recycling of electric vehicle batteries. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) H 2/16/2024: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5). HB2264 HD1 University of Hawaii; Cesspools; Wastewater System and Demonstration Pilot Program; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Establishes a three-year new wastewater system demonstration and implementation pilot program within the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) H 2/16/2024: 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) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5). SB2513 SD1 UH; Cesspools; New Waste Management Solution and Cesspool System Demonstration Pilot Project; Report; Positions; Expenditure Ceiling; Appropriations RELATING TO WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. Establishes a 3-year new waste management solution and cesspool system demonstration pilot program within the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center to examine and demonstrate new wastewater and cesspool technology systems; implement those technologies in demonstration projects in areas across the State that are identified as priority level 1 in the 2021 Hawaii Cesspool Hazard Assessment and Prioritization Tool Report; and establish a similar ranking system for prioritization levels for the islands of Molokai, Lanai, and Niihau. Requires the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Establishes positions. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes appropriations. (SD1) S 2/16/2024: The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-23-24 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. HB2743 HD1 DOH; Counties; Cesspools; Wastewater; Sewer Improvement Districts; Wastewater Management Plan; Cesspool Pollution Fee; Grants; LowInterest Loans; Appropriations; Expenditure Ceiling RELATING TO WASTEWATER. Requires each county to develop and maintain a wastewater management plan. Authorizes the Director of Health to exempt a county from creating a wastewater management plan under certain conditions. Requires the counties to identify specific priority areas in which the county sewer system or other centralized treatment system will be expanded or constructed to reduce or eliminate cesspools before 1/1/2050. Provides for the designation of these priority areas as sewer improvement districts. Authorizes each county to assess a monthly cesspool pollution fee beginning in 7/1/2025 on real properties containing a cesspool. Authorizes the counties to use fee revenues for certain activities that eliminate, reduce, or mitigate the impacts of cesspools, including the expansion of county sewer systems and the issuance of grants and low-interest loans to property owners. Makes appropriations. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) H 2/16/2024: 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) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5). HB1759 HD1 Cesspools; Transient Accommodations; Upgrade, Conversion, Connection RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Requires cesspools attached to or used by housing or lodging that provides transient accommodations to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2035 for priority level 1 cesspools and before 1/1/2040 for priority level 2 cesspools. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) H 2/15/2024: 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) Garrett, Matayoshi, Perruso, Sayama, Takayama excused (5). SB2147 SD1 Department of Health; Reuse Zones; Recycled Water; R-1 Water; Positions; Expenditure Ceiling; Appropriation RELATING TO REUSE ZONES. Beginning 1/1/2026, requires nonpotable water users and developers of real property adjacent to or within reach of existing suitable infrastructure connected to a wastewater recycling facility that treats wastewater to R-1 standards to use R-1 water. Establishes positions. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. (SD1) S 2/14/2024: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. HB1896 HD1 PFAS; Food Packaging; Food Service Ware; Cosmetics; Personal Care Products; Prohibition RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTA L PROTECTION. Prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution for sale, and distribution for use of any food packaging, food service ware, cosmetic, or personal care product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, with certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) H 2/14/2024: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong voting no (2) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, Takayama, Todd excused (3). HB1897 HD1 Personal Care Products; Small Plastic Containers; Lodging Establishments; Prohibition RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTICS. Prohibits lodging establishments from providing personal care products in small plastic containers within sleeping room accommodations, any space within sleeping room accommodations, or bathrooms used by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) H 2/14/2024: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, Takayama, Todd excused (3). HB1673 HD2 Workers' Compensation; Solid Waste Workers; Cancer RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION . Requires employers to be liable for medical care, services, and supplies when a workers' compensation claim filed by a solid waste worker suffering from cancer is accepted or determined to be compensable. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) H 2/14/2024: Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, Takayama, Todd excused (3).