Hawaii House Bill 969
Session 2025
Relating To Waste Or Disposal Facilities.
Became Law
Became Law on Jul 1, 2025
First Action
Jan 21, 2025
Latest Action
Jul 1, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
969
State
Hawaii
Session
2025
Motion Text
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.
House Roll Call Votes
Summary
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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07/01/2025
Senate
Act 255, 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1358).
07/01/2025
House
Act 255, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1358).
05/02/2025
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).
05/01/2025
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).
05/01/2025
House
Transmitted to Governor.
04/30/2025
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none).
04/30/2025
House
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).
04/25/2025
House
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 11:10AM in Conference Room 325.
04/25/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 1:40 PM; Conference Room 329.
04/25/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:20 PM; Conference Room 329.
04/25/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Changed: Senators Lee, C. added as Co-Chair. Senator Hashimoto discharged as Co-Chair.
04/25/2025
House
Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880).
04/25/2025
Senate
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.
04/25/2025
House
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.
04/25/2025
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 227) as amended in (CD 1).
04/25/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
04/25/2025
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 227).
04/25/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
04/24/2025
House
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 8:30AM in conference room 325.
04/23/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 4:00PM; Conference Room 329.
04/22/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Inouye, Hashimoto Co-Chairs; Fevella.
04/22/2025
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862).
04/15/2025
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).
04/14/2025
House
Re-referred to EEP, WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 31
04/14/2025
House
House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Hashem, Poepoe, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Perruso, Quinlan, Garcia.
04/11/2025
Senate
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).
04/10/2025
House
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
04/08/2025
Senate
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.
04/08/2025
House
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 697) in amended form (SD 2).
04/04/2025
Senate
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1760) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
04/04/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
04/02/2025
Senate
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.
03/27/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
03/21/2025
Senate
Reported from HHS/WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1223) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
03/21/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
03/17/2025
Senate
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.
03/17/2025
Senate
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.
03/11/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on HHS/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:15PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
03/06/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 310).
03/06/2025
Senate
Passed First Reading.
03/06/2025
Senate
Referred to HHS/WTL, WAM.
03/04/2025
House
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.
02/28/2025
House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1096) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
02/28/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.
02/27/2025
House
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.
02/25/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
02/13/2025
House
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 593), recommending referral to JHA.
02/13/2025
House
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).
02/11/2025
House
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.
02/07/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
02/04/2025
House
Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 101) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
02/04/2025
House
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).
01/30/2025
House
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.
01/27/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 01-30-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
01/23/2025
House
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
01/23/2025
House
Referred to EEP, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 3
01/21/2025
House
Pending introduction.
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Record Created
Jan 22, 2025 5:43:52 AM
Record Updated
Dec 18, 2025 9:49:34 AM