# Hawaii SCR 54: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONVENE AND PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE TO A DESALINATION PLANNING TASK FORCE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE USE OF DESALINATION FOR LARGE-SCALE WATER CONSUMPTION IN THE STATE IS FEASIBLE.

Hawaii SCR 54, REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONVENE AND PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE TO A DESALINATION PLANNING TASK FORCE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE USE OF DESALINATION FOR LARGE-SCALE WATER CONSUMPTION IN THE STATE IS FEASIBLE., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Dru Mamo Kanuha (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2025-04-25 (Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 877).) (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SCR 54
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONVENE AND PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE TO A DESALINATION PLANNING TASK FORCE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE USE OF DESALINATION FOR LARGE-SCALE WATER CONSUMPTION IN THE STATE IS FEASIBLE.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-07
- Last action: 2025-04-25, Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 877).
- Sponsor: Dru Mamo Kanuha (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Subjects: DLNR, Desalination, Desalination Planning Task Force, Report, WAL, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (26 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Dru Mamo Kanuha (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stanley Chang (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Gabbard (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Troy N. Hashimoto (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michelle N. Kidani (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Donna Mercado Kim (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Angus L.K. McKelvey (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Karl Rhoads (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Herbert M. "Tim" Richards III (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joy A. San Buenaventura (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Glenn Wakai (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-16 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | House | The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-21 | Senate | The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (28)

- 2025-04-25: Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 877). (House)
- 2025-04-24: Resolution adopted in final form. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Reconsideration of action taken on 04-21-25; agree to House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Senate agrees with House Amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Adoption on 04-24-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: One Day Notice 04-24-25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 870). (House)
- 2025-04-21: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 774). (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 846). (House)
- 2025-04-17: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2133), recommending adoption. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Cochran, Garrett, Ichiyama, Perruso, Quinlan excused (7). (House)
- 2025-04-17: Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-16: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2087) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2025-04-14: Scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-16-25 2:00PM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-10: The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson. (House)
- 2025-04-07: Resolution scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 04-10-25 9:30AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 28 (House)
- 2025-04-02: Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 452) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-01: Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1428) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1). (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: One Day Notice 04-02-25. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: The committee(s) on WTL deferred the measure until 03-21-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Referred to WTL. (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Offered. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR54_HD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR54_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR54_.PDF)
- SCR54_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR54_HD1_.HTM)
- SCR54_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR54_SD1_.HTM)

## Related bills

- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)
- SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)
- SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE. (signed)
- SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. (signed)
- HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR54_HD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR54_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR54_.PDF)
- [SCR54_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR54_HD1_.HTM)
- [SCR54_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR54_SD1_.HTM)

## Related
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
- [SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1044-2025)
- [SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1231-2025)
- [SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB935-2025)
- [HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB703-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SCR54-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).