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Hawaii Helicopter Noise Bill Advances, Sort Of

Hawaii's helicopter noise bill progressed in the state's legislature earlier this month, but with an amended effective date for the year 3000.

Jack Harter Helicopters Eurocopter AS 350 B2 in flight off Hawaiian coast with waterfall in background — Hawaii tour flight operator Jack Harter Helicopters gave testimony during hearings related to the state's helicopter noise bill. (Photo: Jack Harter Helicopters)

By Mark Huber • Contributor

February 27, 2023

A bill that would provide for official fines and allow private citizens to sue aircraft operators for noise pollution advanced in the Hawaii legislature earlier this month, but a key amendment to the measure makes it little better than political theater aimed at mollifying anti-helicopter advocates.

HB1201, which passed second reading in the Hawaii House, almost entirely mimics a bill recently vetoed in New York by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on the grounds of federal preemption. If passed into law, the Hawaii bill would no doubt face a similar fate or wilt under litigation. It “establishes noise generated by helicopters in excess of a certain decibel level as a public nuisance and a source of noise pollution in violation of the state’s noise pollution law” and “establishes fines and a private right of action for individuals to sue helicopter owners and operators for creating a public nuisance.”

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