STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1791-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2322

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2322, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WATER QUALITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Health to continue water sampling and analysis of Tier 1 beaches during brown water advisories, with certain exceptions and under certain conditions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Windward Coalition for Community Concerns; Surfrider Foundation Hawaiʻi Region; Hawaii Lifeguard Hui; Polanui Hiu; Hui O Heʻe Nalu; Kihei Community Association; Waiwai Ola Waterkeepers Hawaiian Islands; Kaiola Canoe Club; Friends of Hanauma Bay; Mālama Maunalua; Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi; Earthjustice; Center for Biological Diversity; West Maui Preservation Association; Maui Tomorrow Foundation; The Makaliʻi Group; Friends of Mahaʻulepu; Kiaʻi Wai O Waiʻaleʻale; HAMER; Young Progressives Demanding Action Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund; HI Strikes Back; WAI: Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations; Surfrider Foundation, Oʻahu Chapter; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2322, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair