HB 1237 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.

Summary

Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for agricultural biosecurity and the prevention, detection, and control of invasive species in Maui County. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Mar 19, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1237_HD1 → HB1237_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was revised from a House Draft to a Senate Draft, primarily updating administrative metadata like version numbers and dates. The most significant substantive change is the effective date of the Act, which was moved from the distant future (July 1, 3000) to a realistic future date (July 1, 2050). Minor formatting adjustments were also made to the text regarding biosecurity repositories and departmental contracting language.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on Maui County biosecurity, but the timeline for implementation has been corrected to a practical future date.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2050, correcting a likely clerical error that would have delayed enforcement indefinitely.

TECHNICAL

Administrative metadata including document version numbers, revision IDs, and file timestamps were updated to reflect the Senate Draft status.

Minor text formatting changes were made to improve readability in the findings section and the contracting language for the University of Hawaii Pacific.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 19, 2025

Committee

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1168) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

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, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN, WAM.

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 73).

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

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 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 636) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

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.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

10 primary · 0 co-sponsors