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Committee approves coastal-zone amendment to exempt certain Lahaina post-wildfire projects from EA
Summary
HB 1823 amends the Coastal Zone Management Act to exclude certain state- or county-funded infrastructure projects in Lahaina from environmental assessment requirements after the 2023 wildfires; committee approved attorney-general amendments to clarify date and landowner exclusions.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary approved HB 1823, which would amend the Coastal Zone Management Act to exclude some state- or county-funded infrastructure improvement projects in Lahaina from environmental-assessment (EA) requirements in the wake of the 2023 wildfires.
The chair described the measure's intent and the attorney-general's proposed amendments to update effective dates and expressly exclude lands owned by or under the control of the State or County of Maui as of Jan. 1, 2026. Vice chair moved the recommendation to pass with those amendments; hearing no objections, the committee adopted the bill.
Supporters framed the change as targeted to post-disaster recovery in Lahaina; the transcript does not record detailed debate on environmental safeguards or fiscal impacts during the committee's adoption on the day recorded.
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