The Senate committees on Health, Human Services and on Agriculture and Environment on April 11 passed HCR 28, a resolution requesting the reconvening of the working group established pursuant to House Resolution No. 18, HD 1 (Regular Session 2024), to continue work on water and air contamination and remediation arising from operation of the pool law range training facility.

The resolution was approved in joint decision making with both committee chairs voting aye and a set of senators recording affirmative votes. The chair announced the recommendation to "pass as is," and the motion was adopted in both committees.

The measure drew multiple supporters during the public-testimony period. Wayne Tanaka offered brief support. Resident Liam Chin described living adjacent to the range and said testing has shown elevated contamination: "multiple tests from Surfrider to the Marines themselves... confirmed extremely high levels of lead," and added that doctors had advised his family to relocate because of reproductive and child-health risks. Chin said the range abuts the beach park and that "there's no invisible border keeping that in," urging the committee to reconvene the working group.

Committee members did not debate the measure at length in the hearing record. The chair called for decision making noting quorum on both committees and recommended passage without amendment. For the Health and Human Services side the record shows the chair and vice chair voting aye and Senator Hashimoto voting aye; Senators Keohokalole and Fevella were listed as excused. For Agriculture and Environment the record shows the chair and vice chair voting aye, Senator Rhoads voting aye, and Senators DeCoite and Agha excused. The committees recorded the motion as adopted.

The resolution instructs reconvening the previously established working group; the transcript does not specify a timeline, membership changes, or follow-up reporting requirements. Testimony cited tests by Surfrider Foundation and referred to tests by the Marines; the committee record does not incorporate those test results as committee findings and no additional testing or remediation funding was specified on the floor.

The committees took formal action to pass HCR 28; further steps, including any staff assignments, reporting schedule, or funding, were not specified in the hearing record.