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HB1362 • 2026

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

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The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
TODD, HOLT, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LOWEN, TARNAS
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary and text do not provide details on how funds will be distributed after the initial two-year period.

Funding for Sewer Expansion in Keaukaha Homestead

This bill provides $6,000,000 from state funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands over two years to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates $6,000,000 from state funds for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same amount for fiscal year 2026-2027 to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead.
  • Funds may be used by individual homes to connect to the new sewer system.
  • Permits transferring some of the funds to the County of Hawaii for similar projects.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
  • Residents and homeowners in Keaukaha homestead

Terms To Know

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL)
A state agency that manages land for Native Hawaiians under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.
Sewer network
A system of pipes and treatment facilities used to collect and treat wastewater from homes and businesses.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be available each year after the initial two-year period.
  • It is unclear if all residents in Keaukaha homestead will benefit equally from this expansion.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HD1

1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment provides funding to expand the sewer network in the Keaukaha homestead area near Hilo, Hawaii.

  • Appropriates funds from state general revenues for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to expand the sewer system within the Keaukaha homestead in Hilo.
  • The effective date of July 1, 3000 is likely a placeholder or error since it is far into the future and does not make practical sense for an immediate project.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-02-13 H

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

  3. 2025-02-13 H

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 626) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  4. 2025-01-31 H

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Todd.

  5. 2025-01-27 H

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 01-31-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2025-01-27 H

    Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 4

  7. 2025-01-23 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
DHHL; Sewer Infrastructure; Appropriation ($)
Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Current Bill Text

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HB1362

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1362

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to the department of hawaiian home lands
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The legislature finds that the Keaukaha
homestead in Hilo, Hawaii marked their one-hundred-year anniversary last
year.
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It is considered one of the
pioneers of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act as it is the second Hawaiian
homestead project in the State.
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The
homestead location is near ocean waters and according to the Hawaii Cesspool
Prioritization Tool, cesspools in this area are priority level 1 that have the
greatest potential to impact human health and the environment and are directly
adjacent to sensitive natural resources like coral reefs or drinking water
aquifers.

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The purpose of
this Act is to appropriate funds to the department of Hawaiian home lands to
expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha
homestead.

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SECTION
2.
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There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $6,000,000 or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the expansion of
the sewer network and lines through department of Hawaiian home lands parcels
in Keaukaha in Hilo, Hawaii; provided that funds may also be used for
interconnection to the sewer network by individual homesteads and transferred
to the county of Hawaii for the same purpose.

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The sums

appropriated shall be expended by the
department of Hawaiian home lands for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DHHL;
Sewer Infrastructure; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates
funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to expand the sewer network and
lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead.

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