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HI HB379

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Nadine Nakamura

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems located 200 feet or less from a shoreline to have denitrification capacity.

  • Defines "denitrification capacity" as certification meeting National Sanitation Foundation and American National Standards Institute standard 245 for on-site residential wastewater treatment.

  • Enacted to protect nearshore waters from wastewater pollutants and support coral reef resilience and recovery from ocean-warming events.

  • Takes effect July 1, 3000.

Legislative Description

Relating To The Environment.

Environment

Last Action

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

2/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Consumer Protection & Commerce2/13/2025
Water & Land2/4/2025
Energy & Environmental Protection1/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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