Hawaii Senate Bill 236

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to AEN/HHS, WAM/JDC.
Pending: Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Part II: Requires certain priority level 1 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2035, and priority level 2 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2040, rather than before 1/1/2050. Part III: Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to implement the Cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project established pursuant to Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022. Part IV: Establishes an income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a Director of Health-approved wastewater system or connecting to a sewerage system, and requires the Auditor to periodically review the tax credit.

Relating To Cesspools.

Sen. Mike Gabbard [D]

Sen. Stanley Chang [D]

Sen. Carol Fukunaga [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	Senate	Referred to AEN/HHS, WAM/JDC.
2025-01-15	Senate	Introduced and passed First Reading.
2025-01-13	Senate	Pending Introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=236&year=2025
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB236_.HTM