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SB656 • 2026

RELATING TO WATER.

RELATING TO WATER.

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Sponsor
GABBARD, CHANG, MCKELVEY, Wakai
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Re-Referred to WLA/AEN, WAM.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO WATER.

RELATING TO WATER.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO WATER.
  • DLNR; Red Hill; Water; Contamination Plume; Monitoring; Appropriations ($) Appropriates funds for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to install one hundred monitoring wells to collect data and map the migration of the Red Hill contamination plume.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 S

    Re-Referred to WLA/AEN, WAM.

  2. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  3. 2025-01-23 S

    Referred to WTL/AEN, WAM.

  4. 2025-01-17 S

    Passed First Reading.

  5. 2025-01-17 S

    Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO WATER.
DLNR; Red Hill; Water; Contamination Plume; Monitoring; Appropriations ($)
Appropriates funds for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to install one hundred monitoring wells to collect data and map the migration of the Red Hill contamination plume.

Current Bill Text

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SB656

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

656

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO water
.

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 Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility has been
identified as a source of contamination, posing a significant risk to Oahu's
municipal water system.
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The
contamination plume is migrating in a northwesterly direction, threatening the
safety and quality of the water supply.
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Accurate data collection and mapping of the plume's migration is
necessary for effective mitigation and protection of the public health.

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Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to
appropriate funds for the installation of one hundred monitoring wells
contamination to collect data and map the migration of the Red Hill plume.

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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 $ 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
installation of one hundred monitoring wells to collect data and map the
migration of the Red Hill contamination plume.

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The sums

appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and
natural resources 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:

DLNR; Red
Hill; Water; Contamination Plume; Monitoring; Appropriations

Description:

Appropriates
funds for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to install one hundred
monitoring wells to collect data and map the migration of the Red Hill
contamination plume.

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