HCR 25 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO INCLUDE A SECTION ON DESECRATION LAWS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII PLANT AND ANIMAL DECLARATION FORM.

HCR 25 is a House Concurrent Resolution requesting the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to add a new section to the existing State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form. This section would require travelers completing the form (such as visitors arriving with plants or animals) to acknowledge awareness of laws protecting Native Hawaiian cultural sites, burial grounds, and places of worship. The form would ask travelers to confirm they understand these laws, know how to learn more about them, and commit to following them. The resolution does not create new laws but seeks to use an existing travel form as an educational tool for visitors.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

HCR25_HD1 → HCR25_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document structure to a structured data format with metadata headers. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, requesting the Department of Agriculture to add desecration law awareness to the Plant and Animal Declaration Form, though some wording was slightly simplified and the resolution clauses were renumbered from five to four items.

Scope change

No substantive change to scope or applicability; the bill still requests the same action from the Department of Agriculture regarding desecration law awareness on the declaration form.

TECHNICAL

Document structure changed from traditional legislative formatting to structured data format with metadata headers including timestamps, bill numbers, and version information.

Some wording was simplified, such as changing 'in coordination to' to 'in coordination with' and removing redundant phrases about the Akamai Arrival Program in the WHEREAS clauses.

REQUIREMENT

The resolution's numbered list of acknowledgments was reduced from five items to four items, combining the awareness and compliance clauses into a single item.

Floor votes · House Apr 25, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lamosao excused (2).

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Introduced

House agrees to Senate amendment(s).

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 812) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1923) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Apr 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Awa.

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 04-11-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN.

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 396).

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (3).

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1644) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Ward.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR, referral sheet 22

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

6 primary · 0 co-sponsors