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SB 438: DOH; CWRM; WASTE OR DISPOSAL FACILITIES; LANDFILL UNITS; AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS; BUFFER ZONES; UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL LINES; PROHIBITION

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2025-04-04

Current Status:

In Progress

(2025-12-08: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.)

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First Chamber

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Second Chamber

Final Decking

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Version:

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)

Discussed in Hearing

House Floor3MIN
Apr 8, 2025

House Floor

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs25MIN
Apr 2, 2025

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

House Standing Committee on Water & Land23MIN
Mar 20, 2025

House Standing Committee on Water & Land

House Floor28SEC
Mar 14, 2025

House Floor

House Standing Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection14MIN
Mar 13, 2025

House Standing Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection

Senate Floor2MIN
Mar 4, 2025

Senate Floor

Senate Standing Committee on Health and Human Services9MIN
Feb 10, 2025

Senate Standing Committee on Health and Human Services

Senate Standing Committee on Water and Land9MIN
Feb 10, 2025

Senate Standing Committee on Water and Land

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