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Hawaii 2026

HB 1929

RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Advisory Board, Appropriations ($), Biosecurity, DAB, Molokai, Molokai Biosecurity Plan, Positions, Quarantine Facility
Introduced / first action
2026-01-23 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Establishes a Molokai Biosecurity Advisory Board. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, with the advice of the Advisory Board, to develop a Molokai Biosecurity Plan to prevent the spread of invasive species found elsewhere in the State to the island of Molokai. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.

  2. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.

  3. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.

  4. Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 11:00AM; Conference Room 325.

  5. Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; DeCoite Co-Chair; Rhoads, Awa.

  6. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 717).

    receipt

  7. House Conferees Appointed: Chun, Kusch Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.

  8. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  9. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  10. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  11. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Elefante, Fevella, Inouye, McKelvey, Richards, San Buenaventura, Wakai . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  12. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 642) in amended form (SD 2).

  13. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3720) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  14. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  15. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-08-26 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  17. Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3157) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  18. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  19. The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 3:30PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  21. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 169).

    introduction, receipt

  22. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  23. Referred to AEN, WAM.

    referral-committee

  24. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 923-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  25. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  26. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  28. Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 592-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  29. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  30. The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  32. Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 3

    referral-committee

  33. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  34. Pending introduction.

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