Prohibits landfill units on land in an agricultural district with class A soils in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand. Beginning 7/1/2025, narrows the prohibition on constructing, modifying, or expanding waste or disposal facilities within a one-half mile buffer zone of residential, school, or hospital property lines to apply specifically to landfill units or components of landfill units. Beginning 7/1/2025, prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of a landfill unit, or any component of a landfill unit, inland of an underground injection control line in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand, with certain exemptions. (CD1)
Hawaii HB 969 (2025) — RELATING TO WASTE OR DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
Prohibits landfill units on land in an agricultural district with class A soils in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand. Beginning 7/1/2025, narrows the prohibition on constructing, modifying, or expanding waste or disposal facilities within a one-half mile buffer zone of residential, school, or hospital property lines to apply specifically to landfill units or components of landfill units. Beginning 7/1/2025, prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of a landfill unit, or any component of a landfill unit, inland of an underground injection control line in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand, with certain exemptions. (CD1)
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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 Representative(s) Hussey, Iwamoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kila, Lee, M., Marten, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (7) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). passage
2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) DeCorte). Excused, 0 (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. 227).
2025-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 227) as amended in (CD 1).
2025-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Hashem, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 0 Excused: none.
2025-04-25 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Lee, C., Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye. committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-25 Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880). receipt
2025-04-25 Senate Conferees Changed: Senators Lee, C. added as Co-Chair. Senator Hashimoto discharged as Co-Chair.
2025-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:20 PM; Conference Room 329.
2025-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 1:40 PM; Conference Room 329.
2025-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 11:10AM in Conference Room 325.
2025-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 8:30AM in conference room 325.
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. 697) in amended form (SD 2).
2025-04-08 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
2025-04-04 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
2025-04-04 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1760) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2025-04-02 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-27 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 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 HHS/WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1223) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2025-03-17 The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-17 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-11 The committee(s) on HHS/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:15PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2025-03-06 Referred to HHS/WTL, WAM. referral-committee
2025-03-06 Passed First Reading. reading-1
2025-03-06 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 310). introduction, receipt
2025-03-04 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Hussey, Marten, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kila, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
2025-02-28 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1096) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-27 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-13 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia, Kila voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).
2025-02-13 Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 593), recommending referral to JHA.
2025-02-11 The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-07 Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-04 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Kila voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
2025-02-04 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 101) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
2025-01-30 The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 01-30-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-23 Referred to EEP, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
2025-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
2025-01-21 Pending introduction.
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