Hawaii House Bill 1396

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 7 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-25 - Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Part I: Establishes and appropriates funds for a county cesspool pilot program in the Department of Health to work with each county to identify a priority area to expand the county sewage system or other centralized treatment system to connect individual properties in the priority area and reduce or eliminate cesspools in the identified area. Part II: Creates a cesspool conversion section in the Department of Health to facilitate the conversion of cesspools within the State. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions. Part III: Requires the Department of Health to retain qualified consultants to identify necessary public outreach and education resources and tools, and develop a comprehensive public outreach strategy and educate homeowners regarding the State's cesspool upgrade, conversion, and connection requirements and deadlines. Part IV: Establishes, for all taxable years after December 31, 2023, 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. Requires that, effective 11/1/23, certain information regarding cesspools on real property be included in seller mandatory disclosures for real property transactions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)

Relating To Cesspools.

Rep. Nadine Nakamura [D]	Rep. Cory Chun [D]	Rep. Elle Cochran [D]	Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]
Rep. Daniel Holt [D]	Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa [D]	Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]
Rep. Amy Perruso [D]	Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. Chris Todd [D]

2023-04-04 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-15 - Senate - Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-15 - Senate - Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 3 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-25	Senate	Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
2024-03-22	House	House Conferee(s) discharged.
2024-03-20	House	Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
2024-03-20	Senate	Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-04-28	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 4:30pm in Conference Room 309.
2023-04-27	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 2:41PM in conference room 016.
2023-04-26	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-23 11:16AM in conference room 325.
2023-04-25	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-26-23 10:55AM in conference room 325.
2023-04-25	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 867).
2023-04-24	House	House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Ichiyama, Belatti, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Souza.
2023-04-18	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 903).
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Wakai, Aquino Co-Chairs.
2023-04-14	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800).
2023-04-13	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2023-04-11	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 870) in amended form (SD 2).
2023-04-11	Senate	Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella, Inouye, Kim, Shimabukuro. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House.
2023-04-06	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
2023-04-06	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1800) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2023-04-04	Senate	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, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-31	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-23 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2023-03-23	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2023-03-23	Senate	Reported from AEN/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1335) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2023-03-15	Senate	The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Awa.
2023-03-15	Senate	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, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-10	Senate	The committee(s) on AEN/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 1:30PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
2023-03-10	Senate	Referred to AEN/PSM, WAM.
2023-03-09	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-03-09	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 445).
2023-03-07	House	Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2023-03-03	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1167), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2023-03-01	House	The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto.
2023-02-27	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-01-23 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-17	House	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) Marten excused (1).
2023-02-17	House	Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 705) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2023-02-15	House	The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Mizuno, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.
2023-02-13	House	Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-15-23 11:30AM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-10	House	The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-15-23.
2023-02-08	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 02-10-23 10:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-07	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HLT with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
2023-02-07	House	Reported from EEP/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 105) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HLT.
2023-02-02	House	The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2023-02-02	House	The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Cochran, Kahaloa, Perruso, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, Woodson.
2023-01-31	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/WAL on Thursday, 02-02-23 8:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-01-30	House	Referred to EEP/WAL, HLT, FIN, referral sheet 3
2023-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

SB1466 (Same As) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
HB1396 (Carry Over) 2023-04-28 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 4:30pm in Conference Room 309.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1396&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1396_SD2_.HTM
Roll Call	https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1396&year=2024