HB 1553 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS.

Summary

Requires any existing habitat conservation plan that does not include an agreement for emergency medical and rehabilitation services for affected native wildlife to be amended to include the services in the agreement. Effective 1/1/3000. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2026 Last action Apr 21, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1553_HD1 → HB1553_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was updated from the House version to the Senate version, reflecting administrative changes in authorship and metadata. The substantive policy content regarding habitat conservation plans and wildlife rehabilitation services remains unchanged, though the effective date was slightly adjusted from July 1 to January 1 in the Senate draft.

Scope change

No change in the bill's scope or applicability; only administrative metadata and the effective date were modified.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 3000 to January 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

Authorship information was updated to reflect Senate staff (Gregory LaMontagne and Ainoa Naniole) instead of House staff (Steven Lum).

Version numbers and revision metadata were updated to reflect the Senate draft (SD1) instead of the House draft (HD1).

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 16, 2026

Amended

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 585) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Apr 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

upper

Apr 1, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from WLA/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3361) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

upper

Mar 20, 2026

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, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa.

upper

Mar 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Chang, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, DeCorte.

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WLA/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 1:03PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to WLA/AEN, JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 18).

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

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, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 241-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

14 primary · 0 co-sponsors