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HI HB 306

died on adjournment

RELATING TO STATE WATER CODE PENALTIES.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did HI HB 306 pass?

No. HI HB 306 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-05-08): Recommitted to Conference committee as amended in CD 1 with none voting no and Representative(s) Ratcliffe excused.

What is HI HB 306 about?

Makes failure to maintain a natural stream channel that causes an unreasonable and substantial physical obstruction of the natural flow of water a violation of the State Water Code, with certain exceptions. Establishes a period of time after receipt of written notice of certain violations of the State Water Code during which a violator may remedy the violation or enter into a corrective action plan with the Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM). Gives CWRM the discretion to impose a minimum penalty per State Water Code violation, increases the maximum penalty per violation, and authorizes CWRM to consider each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Establishes factors CWRM must consider when determining the amount of the penalty. Prohibits the State from acquiring a fee simple interest in any artificial watercourse, including a canal or ditch, under certain circumstances. Allows the State to acquire a fee simple interest in the artificial watercourse if the Legislature provides prior approval by concurrent resolution. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 306?

POEPOE, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO and 8 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 306.

Description

Makes failure to maintain a natural stream channel that causes an unreasonable and substantial physical obstruction of the natural flow of water a violation of the State Water Code, with certain exceptions. Establishes a period of time after receipt of written notice of certain violations of the State Water Code during which a violator may remedy the violation or enter into a corrective action plan with the Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM). Gives CWRM the discretion to impose a minimum penalty per State Water Code violation, increases the maximum penalty per violation, and authorizes CWRM to consider each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Establishes factors CWRM must consider when determining the amount of the penalty. Prohibits the State from acquiring a fee simple interest in any artificial watercourse, including a canal or ditch, under certain circumstances. Allows the State to acquire a fee simple interest in the artificial watercourse if the Legislature provides prior approval by concurrent resolution. (CD1)

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2026-05-08 — Recommitted to Conference committee as amended in CD 1 with none voting no and Representative(s) Ratcliffe excused.
Bill type
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Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • POEPOEprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • LEEprimary
  • M.primary
  • LOWENprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • TARNASprimary
  • TODDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-08

    Recommitted to Conference committee as amended in CD 1 with none voting no and Representative(s) Ratcliffe excused.

  2. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

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  3. 2026-05-06

    Deferred one day 05-08-26.

    deferral

  4. 2026-05-06

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  5. 2026-05-01

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 11:35 AM; Conference Room 229.

  6. 2026-05-01

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Rhoads, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-05-01

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Tarnas, Morikawa, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  8. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 196-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  9. 2026-05-01

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  10. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 196-26).

  11. 2026-05-01

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26

  12. 2026-04-30

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229.

  13. 2026-04-29

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229.

  14. 2026-04-28

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-29-26 9:01AM; Conference Room 229.

  15. 2026-04-27

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Rhoads, Hashimoto Co-Chairs.

  16. 2026-04-27

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 782).

    receipt

  17. 2026-04-24

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 820).

    receipt

  18. 2026-04-23

    House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Tarnas, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Shimizu.

  19. 2026-04-17

    Re-Referred to WLA, JDC/WAM.

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  20. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  21. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  22. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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  23. 2025-04-21

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755).

    receipt

  24. 2025-04-17

    House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Poepoe, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Shimizu.

  25. 2025-04-11

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  26. 2025-04-10

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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  27. 2025-04-08

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  28. 2025-04-08

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 617) in amended form (SD 1).

  29. 2025-04-04

    Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1679) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  30. 2025-04-04

    One Day Notice 04-08-25.

  31. 2025-04-01

    The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  32. 2025-04-01

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-03-27

    The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  34. 2025-03-21

    Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1211) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.

  35. 2025-03-21

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  36. 2025-03-14

    The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-03-10

    The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  38. 2025-03-06

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 209).

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  39. 2025-03-06

    Passed First Reading.

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  40. 2025-03-06

    Referred to WTL, JDC/WAM.

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  41. 2025-03-04

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

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  42. 2025-02-28

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1149), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  43. 2025-02-24

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Lamosao, Miyake; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  44. 2025-02-21

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  45. 2025-02-14

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 742) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  46. 2025-02-14

    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) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

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  47. 2025-02-05

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  48. 2025-01-31

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-05-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  49. 2025-01-30

    Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  50. 2025-01-30

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  51. 2025-01-28

    The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Souza; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

    committee-passage-favorable

  52. 2025-01-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 01-28-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  53. 2025-01-21

    Referred to WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  54. 2025-01-17

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  55. 2025-01-16

    Pending introduction.

Versions

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Votes

  • The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-01-28 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Hashem: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Woodson: not voting

  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-05 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Cochran: not voting

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-02-24 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Ward: not voting

  • The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-14 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Inouye: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
    • McKelvey: not voting

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-04-01 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • DeCoite: not voting

  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-04-01 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Awa: yes

  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading.

    2025-04-08 · pass · 25-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Fevella: yes

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Hashem: yes
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Shimizu: yes

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes

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