HI HB1787 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-24 - Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1
Pending: House Water & Land Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-24 - Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1
Pending: House Water & Land Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Amends the beach protection policy of the coastal zone management program to recognize that unauthorized structures, materials, armoring, or hardening structures, including seawalls and revetments, sandbags, geotextile fabrics, and sand burritos, placed in the shoreline are a nuisance per se. Strengthens state and county abatement and cost recovery authority of, and allows citizen suits for, this type of nuisance.
Title
Relating To Beach Protection And Coastal Access.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-24 | House | Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1 |
| 2024-01-19 | House | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| 2024-01-18 | House | Pending introduction. |
Subjects
Hawaii State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1787&year=2024 |
| Text | https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1787_.HTM |
