HI SB21 | 2026 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous SB21
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on March 4 2025 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-04-17 - Re-Referred to TRS, CPN.
Pending: Senate Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on March 4 2025 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-04-17 - Re-Referred to TRS, CPN.
Pending: Senate Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish, no later than 7/1/2026, a Water Carrier Inflationary Cost Index automatic adjustment mechanism and waive or exempt any water carrier from any requirement under the Hawaii Water Carrier Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Title
Relating To Water Carriers.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-02-20 - Senate - Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-06 - Senate - Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-06 - Senate - Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | Senate | Re-Referred to TRS, CPN. |
| 2026-04-02 | Senate | Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| 2026-04-01 | House | House Conferee(s) discharged. |
| 2026-03-20 | House | Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409). |
| 2026-03-20 | Senate | Senate Conferee(s) discharged. |
| 2025-12-08 | Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. | |
| 2025-04-25 | Senate | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225. |
| 2025-04-25 | House | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 3:30PM in Conference Room 411. |
| 2025-04-25 | House | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 2:00PM in Conference Room 411. |
| 2025-04-25 | House | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 12:30PM in Conference Room 329. |
| 2025-04-25 | House | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 11:30AM in Conference Room 329. |
| 2025-04-24 | Senate | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 329. |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329. |
| 2025-04-22 | Senate | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329. |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329. |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754). |
| 2025-04-17 | House | House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Matayoshi, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Grandinetti, Muraoka. |
| 2025-04-15 | House | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789). |
| 2025-04-15 | Senate | Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Inouye, DeCorte. |
| 2025-04-04 | House | Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590). |
| 2025-04-04 | Senate | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 2025-04-04 | Senate | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 453). |
| 2025-04-03 | House | Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Iwamoto, Lowen voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 2025-04-03 | House | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1925), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 2025-03-27 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Alcos, Ward. |
| 2025-03-24 | House | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. |
| 2025-03-21 | House | Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5). |
| 2025-03-21 | House | Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1499) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN. |
| 2025-03-18 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Marten; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Tam, Pierick. |
| 2025-03-14 | House | Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-18-25 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. |
| 2025-03-13 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Ward, Woodson excused (4). |
| 2025-03-13 | House | Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1200) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC. |
| 2025-03-11 | House | The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. |
| 2025-03-07 | House | Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Referred to TRN, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 19 |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Pass First Reading |
| 2025-03-04 | House | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 65) in amended form (SD 2). |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 747) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. |
| 2025-02-14 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-20-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 251) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN. |
| 2025-02-06 | Senate | The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye. |
| 2025-02-03 | Senate | The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. |
| 2025-01-16 | Senate | Referred to TCA, CPN. |
| 2025-01-15 | Senate | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
| 2025-01-08 | Senate | Pending Introduction. |
Same As/Similar To
HB914 (Same As) 2025-12-08 - Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
SB21 (Carry Over) 2025-04-25 - Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225.
SB21 (Carry Over) 2025-04-25 - Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225.
Subjects
Automatic Adjustment Mechanism
PUC
Rate Adjustments
Tariffs
Water Carrier Inflationary Cost Index
Water Carriers
PUC
Rate Adjustments
Tariffs
Water Carrier Inflationary Cost Index
Water Carriers
