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SB 438STATE · HawaiiIn Committee

RELATING TO WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES.

Prohibits landfill units on land in an agricultural district with class A soils. 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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)

Voted 4/17/2026

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

47 yea·0 nay·3 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 4/17/2026Re-Referred to HHS/WLA, WAM.
  2. 12/8/2025Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
  3. 4/10/2025Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).
  4. 4/10/2025Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  5. 4/10/2025Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 647).
  6. 4/8/2025Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Amato, Iwamoto, Kila, Lee, M., Marten, Pierick, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
  7. 4/4/2025Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
  8. 4/4/2025Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2043) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  9. 4/2/2025The 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.
  10. 3/28/2025Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 04-02-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.