HB 365 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.

HB 365 prohibits certain types of octopus farming, directly affecting businesses engaged in commercial octopus aquaculture. The bill would ban this activity starting July 1, 3000, though this effective date appears to be a placeholder error. Key provisions include a complete prohibition on the practice without specifying exemptions or implementation details. The bill has advanced to committee with a recommendation for passage.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB365 → HB365_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a clean legislative text to a draft document containing metadata and file information. The substantive policy content remains the same: prohibiting octopus farming for human consumption in Hawaii due to disease and ethical concerns.

TECHNICAL

Document structure changed from clean legislative text to draft format with metadata headers, file paths, and timestamps inserted throughout.

Page numbers, bill numbers, and legislative session headers were replaced with file metadata and document control information.

TIMELINE

Effective date changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000' in the revised version.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 648) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

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 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

11 primary · 2 co-sponsors