HB 810 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION.

Summary

Establishes a private right of action for any person aggrieved by a violation of the Federal Aviation Act and existing federal laws to bring a civil action against the owner or operator of the helicopter in violation and collect damages and litigation costs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB810 → HB810_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from HB810 to HB810 HD1 and updated with new administrative metadata. The most significant substantive change is the effective date of the Act, which was moved from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, effectively delaying the law's implementation by nearly a century. Additionally, a specific enforcement provision regarding helicopter violations was modified to include this new effective date and a version identifier.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on noise pollution, but its applicability is now delayed until the year 3000.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000.

ENFORCEMENT

A clause regarding civil actions against helicopter operators was updated to reflect the new effective date and include a version identifier (HD1).

TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated to include 'HD1', and associated metadata such as revision numbers and timestamps were altered.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 663), recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kusch; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 78) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EEP.

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Miyake; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to TRN, EEP, JHA, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

8 primary · 0 co-sponsors