STAND. COM. REP. NO. 888

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 879

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 879, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CESSPOOL CONVERSIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Increase the maximum grant amount for the Cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project; and

(2) Appropriate funds for the Cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; City and County of Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency; Hawai‘i Association of REALTORS; WAI: Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations; Hawai‘i Reef and Ocean Coalition; Public Access to SunScreens Coalition; Coral Reef Alliance; The Nature Conservancy, Hawai‘i and Palmyra; Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; 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 H.B. No. 879, 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