Hawaii House Bill 1894

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - The committee(s) on EEP/WAL recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
Pending: House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Relating To Cesspools.

Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Luke Evslin [D]	Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]	Rep. Lisa Marten [D]
Rep. Nadine Nakamura [D]	Rep. David Tarnas [D]	Rep. Chris Todd [D]	Rep. Justin Woodson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	The committee(s) on EEP/WAL recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
2024-02-01	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/WAL on Tuesday, 02-13-24 9:05AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2024-01-24	House	Referred to EEP/WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1
2024-01-19	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2024-01-18	House	Pending introduction.

SB2425 (Same As) 2024-02-16 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM/CPN.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1894&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1894_.HTM