HI SB 763
died on adjournmentRELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did HI SB 763 pass?
No. HI SB 763 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-20): Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
What is HI SB 763 about?
Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
Who sponsors HI SB 763?
RICHARDS, AQUINO, CHANG and 6 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 763.
Description
Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-17
- Latest action
- 2026-03-20 — Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- RICHARDSprimary
- AQUINOprimary
- CHANGprimary
- FEVELLAprimary
- GABBARDprimary
- HASHIMOTOprimary
- KANUHAprimary
- MCKELVEYprimary
- SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-20
Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2026-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
receipt
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-04-15
Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Elefante, DeCoite, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Richards, Awa.
2025-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789).
receipt
2025-04-10
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 656).
introduction,receipt
2025-04-10
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
amendment-failure
2025-04-10
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).
receipt
2025-04-08
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
passage
2025-04-04
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1998) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-04-04
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
2025-03-28
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-25
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-21
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1449) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2025-03-21
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
passage,referral-committee
2025-03-19
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-17
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-14
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
2025-03-14
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-12
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
2025-03-07
Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-06
Pass First Reading
reading-1
2025-03-06
Referred to AGR, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19
referral-committee
2025-03-04
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage
2025-03-04
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 194) in amended form (SD 2).
introduction,receipt
2025-02-28
Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 883) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
2025-02-19
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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
2025-02-19
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-14
The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 10:16AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2025-02-13
Reported from AEN/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 455) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.
2025-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-07
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-07
The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fukunaga.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-04
The committee(s) on AEN/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
2025-01-23
Referred to AEN/PSM, WAM/JDC.
referral-committee
2025-01-21
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2025-01-17
Introduced.
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-07 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Elefante: yes
- Rhoads: yes
- DeCorte: yes
- Wakai: not voting
- Fukunaga: not voting
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-07 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Gabbard: yes
- Richards: yes
- DeCoite: yes
- Rhoads: yes
- Awa: yes
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-19 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Rhoads: yes
- Chang: yes
- San Buenaventura: yes
- Awa: yes
- Gabbard: not voting
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-19 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Dela Cruz: yes
- Moriwaki: yes
- Aquino: yes
- DeCoite: yes
- Elefante: yes
- Hashimoto: yes
- Inouye: yes
- Kanuha: yes
- Kidani: yes
- Kim: yes
- Lee: yes
- C: yes
- Wakai: yes
- Fevella: yes
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2025-03-04 · pass · 25-0
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-03-12 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Kahaloa: yes
- Kusch: yes
- Lowen: yes
- Perruso: yes
- Quinlan: yes
- Ward: not voting
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-03-19 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Tarnas: yes
- Poepoe: yes
- Belatti: yes
- Hashem: yes
- Kahaloa: yes
- Perruso: yes
- Takayama: yes
- Todd: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Shimizu: yes
- Cochran: not voting
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-03-28 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Yamashita: yes
- Takenouchi: yes
- Grandinetti: yes
- Holt: yes
- Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
- Kitagawa: yes
- Kusch: yes
- Lamosao: yes
- Lee: yes
- M: yes
- Miyake: yes
- Morikawa: yes
- Templo: yes
- Alcos: yes
- Reyes Oda: yes
- Hussey: not voting
- Ward: not voting
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 501
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