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Hawaii 2026

SB 177

RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Aquaculture Program, Aquatic Livestock, Biocontainment Standards, Biological Aquatic Risk-Based Framework, DAB, Division of Animal Industry, Import Evaluation
Introduced / first action
2025-01-13 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Authorizes the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to develop an evaluation and authorization process to import and transport aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Aquaculture Program to develop a biological aquatic risk-based framework and biocontainment standards for the aquatic livestock evaluation and authorization process. (CD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 165, 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267).

    became-law

  2. Act 165, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267).

    became-law

  3. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. Enrolled to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  6. Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (3) and none excused (0).

    passage

  7. Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 12:45 PM; Conference Room 325.

  9. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Matayoshi, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 181-26).

  12. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  13. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 181-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  14. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  15. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 9:15AM; Conference Room 325.

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

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

  18. Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-28-26 9:35AM; Conference Room 325.

  19. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 811).

    receipt

  20. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 720).

    receipt

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

  22. Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Richards Co-Chair; Awa.

  23. Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  24. House Conferee(s) discharged.

  25. Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  26. Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  27. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  28. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 10:50AM in Conference Room 325.

  29. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 2:40 PM; Conference Room 411.

  30. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:40AM; Conference Room 325.

  31. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.

  32. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 9:31AM; Conference Room 325.

  33. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754).

    receipt

  34. House Conferees Appointed: Kahaloa, Matayoshi, Kusch Co-Chairs; Quinlan, Pierick.

  35. Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.

  36. Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Richards, Awa.

  37. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789).

    receipt

  38. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 572).

    introduction, receipt

  39. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  40. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774).

    receipt

  41. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1963), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  42. Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2).

  43. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  44. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.

    committee-passage-favorable

  45. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-01-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  46. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1381), recommending referral to FIN.

  47. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    referral-committee

  48. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Tam, Pierick.

    committee-passage-favorable

  49. Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1221) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  50. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  51. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-18-25 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  52. The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  53. Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  54. Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  55. Referred to AGR, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  56. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  57. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 106) in amended form (SD 1).

    introduction, receipt

  58. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 937) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  59. One Day Notice 03-04-25.

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  61. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  62. Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 49) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  64. The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.

    committee-passage-favorable

  65. The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-24-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  66. Referred to AEN, WAM.

    referral-committee

  67. Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  68. Pending Introduction.

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