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HI SB 21

died on adjournment

RELATING TO WATER CARRIERS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did HI SB 21 pass?

No. HI SB 21 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 (2026-04-17): Re-Referred to TRS, CPN.

What is HI SB 21 about?

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)

Who sponsors HI SB 21?

INOUYE is the primary sponsor of HI SB 21.

Description

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)

Introduced
2025-01-15
Latest action
2026-04-17 — Re-Referred to TRS, CPN.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • INOUYEprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-17

    Re-Referred to TRS, CPN.

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  2. 2026-04-02

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

    receipt

  3. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  6. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  7. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 11:30AM in Conference Room 329.

  8. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 12:30PM in Conference Room 329.

  9. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 2:00PM in Conference Room 411.

  10. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 3:30PM in Conference Room 411.

  11. 2025-04-25

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225.

  12. 2025-04-24

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 329.

  13. 2025-04-23

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329.

  14. 2025-04-22

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329.

  15. 2025-04-21

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754).

    receipt

  16. 2025-04-21

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329.

  17. 2025-04-17

    House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Matayoshi, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Grandinetti, Muraoka.

  18. 2025-04-15

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Inouye, DeCorte.

  19. 2025-04-15

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789).

    receipt

  20. 2025-04-04

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 453).

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  21. 2025-04-04

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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  22. 2025-04-04

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590).

    receipt

  23. 2025-04-03

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1925), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  24. 2025-04-03

    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.

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  25. 2025-03-27

    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.

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  26. 2025-03-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  27. 2025-03-21

    Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1499) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  28. 2025-03-21

    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).

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  29. 2025-03-18

    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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2025-03-14

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-18-25 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  31. 2025-03-13

    Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1200) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  32. 2025-03-13

    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).

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  33. 2025-03-11

    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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-03-07

    Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  35. 2025-03-06

    Pass First Reading

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  36. 2025-03-06

    Referred to TRN, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 19

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  37. 2025-03-04

    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.

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  38. 2025-03-04

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 65) in amended form (SD 2).

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  39. 2025-02-27

    Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 747) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  40. 2025-02-27

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  41. 2025-02-20

    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.

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  42. 2025-02-14

    The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-20-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  43. 2025-02-11

    Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 251) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

  44. 2025-02-11

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

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  45. 2025-02-06

    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.

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  46. 2025-02-03

    The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  47. 2025-01-16

    Referred to TCA, CPN.

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  48. 2025-01-15

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

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  49. 2025-01-08

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-06 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
    • Inouye: not voting

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

    2025-02-20 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Awa: yes
    • Richards: not voting

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2025-03-04 · pass · 25-0

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

    2025-03-11 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Kila: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Evslin: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Pierick: yes
    • Cochran: not voting

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

    2025-03-18 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Tam: not voting
    • Pierick: not voting

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

    2025-03-27 · pass · 13-0

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

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