---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO RED HILL."
description: "Establishes a WAI Policy Coordinator for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 505"
citation: "Hawaii HB 505 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Red Hill Remediation Special Fund", "Red Hill WAI Policy Coordinator"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "BELATTI", "CHUN", "GARRETT", "GRANDINETTI", "HOLT", "HUSSEY", "ICHIYAMA", "IWAMOTO", "KAHALOA", "KAPELA", "KITAGAWA", "LA CHICA", "LAMOSAO", "LEE", "LOWEN", "M.", "MARTEN", "MATAYOSHI", "MATSUMOTO", "MIYAKE", "OLDS", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE", "REYES ODA", "SAYAMA", "SHIMIZU", "SOUZA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAM", "TARNAS", "TODD"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d553d7cc-5235-4215-97b3-9d4cbd4d554a"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=505&year=2025"
source_hash: "fb1c8ff8ee5f9b1098e93c2ecd494598833485ee1d382a959de2eb663010bed9"
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 HB 505 (2025) — RELATING TO RED HILL.

Establishes a WAI Policy Coordinator for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB505_.HTM)
2. **HB505_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB505_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB505_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB505_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB505_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB505_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB505_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB505_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- CHUN — primary (person)
- GARRETT — primary (person)
- GRANDINETTI — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- HUSSEY — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- IWAMOTO — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- LA CHICA — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- LEE — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- M. — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- MATSUMOTO — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- OLDS — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- REYES ODA — primary (person)
- SAYAMA — primary (person)
- SHIMIZU — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAM — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Act 197, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). `became-law`
- **2025-06-06** Act 197, 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). `became-law`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 150).
- **2025-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 150) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen.
- **2025-04-24** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Gabbard, Kim, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCorte. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 10:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2025-04-21** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 10:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2025-04-17** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 10:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 790). `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Gabbard, Kim Co-Chairs; Elefante, DeCorte.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Lowen, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Shimizu.
- **2025-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 649) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2025-04-08** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-03** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1658) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2025-04-01** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Reported from WTL/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1231) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2025-03-19** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** 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) Inouye, Elefante, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** The committee(s) on WTL/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to WTL/AEN, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 248). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1152), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-02-24** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-02-14** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
- **2025-02-14** Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 661), recommending referral to FIN.
- **2025-02-13** The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-13-25 10:15AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-30** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on EEP with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EEP.
- **2025-01-28** The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 01-28-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-21** Referred to WAL, EEP, FIN, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d553d7cc-5235-4215-97b3-9d4cbd4d554a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).