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Votes at a glance: House Committee on Water & Land advances multiple bills (March 20, 2025)
Summary
The committee adopted chair recommendations and advanced several bills on March 20, 2025. This roundup lists each bill mentioned in the hearing and the committee's recorded action or note from the transcript.
During its March 20, 2025 session the House Committee on Water & Land considered and voted on multiple measures. The chair’s recommendations were adopted for the bills below; where the transcript did not provide a numeric tally, the committee record notes that the chair’s recommendation was adopted and that the exact tally was not specified.
Votes at a glance
- SP746 (SD2, HD1) — relating to invasive species: Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments adopted. (Transcript: chair recommendation adopted; exact tally not specified.)
- SP1541 (SD1, HD1) — relating to the Waihole Water System: Chair’s recommendation to pass as is adopted; one recorded no vote from Representative Shimizu was noted in the decision block. (Transcript indicates Chair’s recommendation adopted.)
- SB26 (SD2, HD1) — administrative/county designation item: Chair’s recommendation to pass with technical amendments adopted. (Transcript: chair recommendation adopted.)
- SB1263 (SD2, HD1) — relating to historic preservation: Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (adding tolling/clock language for SHPD review) adopted. (Transcript: chair recommendation adopted.)
- SB465 (SD1) — Kikiaola/Kikiola Small Boat Harbor study: Chair’s recommendation to pass with HD1 (expanding study scope to include upgrades) adopted. (Transcript: chair recommendation adopted.)
- SB438 (SD2, HD1) — waste-disposal facilities: Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (removed Class B ag lands from prohibition; add ash-reuse prohibition; direct DOH guidance on groundwater) adopted. (Transcript: chair recommendation adopted.)
- SB66 (SD2, HD1) — permitting timelines: Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (stop/start clock language; one-time-review option; five-year sunset) adopted; some members recorded reservations. (Transcript: chair recommendation adopted; reservations noted.)
Decision notes
- Several votes recorded the chair’s recommendation as adopted and used standard committee procedures; the transcript records members noting excused absences and a small number of reservations but does not list full roll-call tallies.
- For bills that carry operational or fiscal implications, the committee requested technical language, definitions (for example, "complete submittal"), or additional data (such as DOH sampling on ash/pfas) prior to further floor consideration.
The committee adjourned after decision making; bills advanced with the amendments described above will move to subsequent floor or committee steps according to legislative scheduling.
