HomeMy WebLinkAboutVI.1 - Legislative updateHB1688
HD2
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. (HD2)SUPPORT
S 3/19/2024: The committee(s)
on AEN recommend(s) that the
measure be PASSED, WITH
AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN
were as follows: 4 Aye(s):
Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards,
DeCoite, Awa; Aye(s) with
reservations: none ; 0 No(es):
none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s)
Rhoads.
AEN/CPN,
WAM
SB2513
SD2 HD1
UH; Water Resources
Research Center;
Cesspools; New
Wastewater System and
Individual Wastewater
System Technology
Demonstration and
Implementation Pilot
Project; Reports;
Positions;
Appropriations;
Expenditure Ceiling
RELATING TO
WASTEWATER
SYSTEMS.
Establishes a 3-year new wastewater system and
individual wastewater system technology
demonstration and implementation 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 Hawaiʻi Cesspool
Hazard Assessment Prioritization Tool Report, 2021
Report & Technical Appendices; and establish similar
prioritization categories for the islands of Molokai,
Lanai, and Niihau. Requires the University of Hawaii
Water Resource Research Center to submit annual
interim reports and a final report to the Legislature.
Establishes positions. Makes appropriations.
Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
H 3/18/2024: Bill scheduled to
be heard by HET on Wednesday,
03-20-24 2:00PM in House
conference room 309 VIA
VIDEOCONFERENCE.
EEP/WAL,
HET, FIN
HB2743
HD2
DOH; Counties;
Cesspools; Wastewater;
Sewer Improvement
Districts; Wastewater
Management Plan;
Cesspool Pollution Fee;
Grants; Low Interest
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. (HD2)SUPPORT
S 3/18/2024: 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, Keohokalole,
Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with
reservations: none ; 1 No(es):
Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused:
none.
AEN/HHS/
GVO, WAM
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)
S 3/15/2024: 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.
AEN/HHS,
WAM
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)SUPPORT
S 3/15/2024: 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.
AEN/HHS,
CPN/WAM
HB1892
HD2
Cesspools; Mandatory
Upgrade, Conversion, or
Connection;
Prioritization; Public
Outreach and Education;
Cesspool Compliance
Pilot Grant Project;
Appropriation;
Expenditure Ceiling
RELATING TO
CESSPOOLS.
Part II: Amends the deadlines for required upgrades
conversions, or connections for certain priority level
1 and priority level 2 cesspools. 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. (HD2)SUPPORT
S 3/15/2024: 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.
AEN/HHS,
WAM
HB1896
HD2
PFAS; Food Packaging;
Food Service Ware;
Cosmetics; Personal
Care Products;
Prohibition
RELATING TO
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION.
Beginning 1/1/2027, 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. (HD2)
S 3/15/2024: The committee(s)
on AEN recommend(s) that the
measure be PASSED, WITH
AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN
were as follows: 4 Aye(s):
Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite,
Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with
reservations: none ; 0 No(es):
none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s)
Richards.AEN, CPN
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)
S 3/14/2024: The committee(s)
on AEN recommend(s) that the
measure be PASSED, WITH
AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN
were as follows: 4 Aye(s):
Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards,
DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with
reservations: none ; 0 No(es):
none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s)
Awa.
EET/AEN,
WAM