---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT."
description: "Prohibits any waste or disposal facility from being located in a conservation district except in emergency circumstances to mitigate significant risks to public safety and health. Requires no less than a one-half mile buffer zone around residences, schools, and hospitals for the construction, modification, or expansion of a waste or disposal facility. Specifies that \"waste or disposal facility\" excludes individual, state certified, non-industrial redemption centers. (HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2386"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2386 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Waste Management", "Landfills", "Buffer Zones", "Conservation Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fevella", "K. KAHELE", "Kanuha", "Kidani", "L. Thielen", "Riviere", "Ruderman", "Shimabukuro"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8738f868-bd46-4193-9277-95b15a51dc0a"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2386&year=2020"
source_hash: "cc97cb3a68f051cc97618beefb52fb685aef351ac455d209cbcf6657e8e69021"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 2386 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT.

Prohibits any waste or disposal facility from being located in a conservation district except in emergency circumstances to mitigate significant risks to public safety and health. Requires no less than a one-half mile buffer zone around residences, schools, and hospitals for the construction, modification, or expansion of a waste or disposal facility. Specifies that "waste or disposal facility" excludes individual, state certified, non-industrial redemption centers. (HD2)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB2386** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2386_.HTM)
2. **SB2386_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2386_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2386_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2386_HD2_.HTM)
4. **SB2386_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2386_SD1_.HTM)
5. **SB2386_SD1_PROPOSED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2386_SD1_PROPOSED_.HTM)
6. **SB2386_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2386_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fevella — primary (person)
- K. KAHELE — primary (person)
- Kanuha — primary (person)
- Kidani — primary (person)
- L. Thielen — primary (person)
- Riviere — primary (person)
- Ruderman — primary (person)
- Shimabukuro — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-17** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** Referred to WTL/AEN, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** The committee(s) on WTL/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-20 1:35PM in conference room 224.
- **2020-02-07** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Nishihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from WTL/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2649) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2020-02-13** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
- **2020-02-24** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-27-20 10:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2020-02-27** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 02-28-20 9:31AM in conference room 016.
- **2020-02-28** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3277) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2020-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-03-20.
- **2020-03-03** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 224) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Referred to WLH/EEP, FIN, referral sheet 36 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Bill scheduled to be heard by WLH/EEP on Friday, 03-13-20 10:30AM in House conference room 325.
- **2020-03-13** The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Todd, Har, Lowen, Tarnas, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Ward; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Har, Tarnas, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-12** Reported from WLH/EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1190-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2020-05-12** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ward voting no (1) and Representative(s) Thielen excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-26** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 06-29-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2020-06-29** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1273-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-07-02** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Monday, 07-06-20.
- **2020-07-06** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Nakamura voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) D. Kobayashi, Kong, Matsumoto, Okimoto, Thielen, Ward voting no (6) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2020-07-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 398). `introduction`
- **2020-07-08** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 07-10-20.
- **2020-07-08** One Day Notice 07-10-20.
- **2020-07-10** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Kim. 0 Excused: none.
- **2020-07-10** Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 632).
- **2020-07-13** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-09-15** Act 073, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1178). `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-15** Act 073, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1178). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8738f868-bd46-4193-9277-95b15a51dc0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).