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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO WASTE OR DISPOSAL FACILITIES."
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description: "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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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 969"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 969 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agricultural District", "Buffer Zones", "CWRM", "DOH", "Landfill Units", "Prohibition", "Underground Injection Control Lines", "Waste Disposal Facilities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "BELATTI", "GARRETT", "GRANDINETTI", "HOLT", "KAPELA", "KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY", "KUSCH", "LOWEN", "OLDS", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE", "QUINLAN", "TAM", "TODD"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 57
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90235350-27ec-4d90-9bab-cf85c6ad34a7"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=969&year=2025"
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source_hash: "b946b32f5e03c070bc77eef51adc3cab835f0bbd5bbc4a2a537e6e048047f534"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii HB 969 (2025) — RELATING TO WASTE OR DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
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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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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB969** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB969_.HTM)
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2. **HB969_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB969_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **HB969_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB969_HD1_.HTM)
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4. **HB969_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB969_HD2_.HTM)
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5. **HB969_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB969_SD1_.HTM)
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6. **HB969_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB969_SD2_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **24–1** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **24–1** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- AMATO — primary (person)
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- BELATTI — primary (person)
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- GARRETT — primary (person)
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- GRANDINETTI — primary (person)
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- HOLT — primary (person)
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- KAPELA — primary (person)
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- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
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- KUSCH — primary (person)
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- LOWEN — primary (person)
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- OLDS — primary (person)
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- PERRUSO — primary (person)
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- POEPOE — primary (person)
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- QUINLAN — primary (person)
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- TAM — primary (person)
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- TODD — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-07-01** Act 255, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1358). `became-law`
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- **2025-07-01** Act 255, 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1358). `became-law`
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- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
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- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
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- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 227).
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- **2025-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
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- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 227) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **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.
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-25** Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-25** Senate Conferees Changed: Senators Lee, C. added as Co-Chair. Senator Hashimoto discharged as Co-Chair.
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- **2025-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:20 PM; Conference Room 329.
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- **2025-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 1:40 PM; Conference Room 329.
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- **2025-04-25** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 11:10AM in Conference Room 325.
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- **2025-04-24** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 8:30AM in conference room 325.
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- **2025-04-23** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 4:00PM; Conference Room 329.
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- **2025-04-22** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-22** Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Inouye, Hashimoto Co-Chairs; Fevella.
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- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Hashem, Poepoe, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Perruso, Quinlan, Garcia.
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- **2025-04-14** Re-referred to EEP, WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 31 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 697) in amended form (SD 2).
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
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- **2025-04-04** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1760) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-27** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **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.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-11** The committee(s) on HHS/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:15PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to HHS/WTL, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 310). `introduction, receipt`
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- **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`
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- **2025-02-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.
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- **2025-02-28** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1096) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **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`
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- **2025-02-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **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).
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 593), recommending referral to JHA.
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- **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`
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- **2025-02-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **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`
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- **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.
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- **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`
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- **2025-01-27** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 01-30-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-01-23** Referred to EEP, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-01-21** Pending introduction.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90235350-27ec-4d90-9bab-cf85c6ad34a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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