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HI HB 2101

died on adjournment

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL AQUARIUM COLLECTION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 2101 pass?

No. HI HB 2101 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 (2026-04-17): Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

What is HI HB 2101 about?

Prohibits the harvest of aquatic life for commercial aquarium purposes, regardless of the method of collection, in counties with a population greater than 500,000 and the consideration of rules for the issuance of permits for the harvest of aquatic life for commercial aquarium purposes. Repeals upon promulgation of certain rules by the Department of Land and Natural Resources for counties with a population greater than 500,000. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 2101?

NAKAMURA is the primary sponsor of HI HB 2101.

Description

Prohibits the harvest of aquatic life for commercial aquarium purposes, regardless of the method of collection, in counties with a population greater than 500,000 and the consideration of rules for the issuance of permits for the harvest of aquatic life for commercial aquarium purposes. Repeals upon promulgation of certain rules by the Department of Land and Natural Resources for counties with a population greater than 500,000. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Introduced
2026-01-26
Latest action
2026-04-17 — Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • NAKAMURAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-17

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  2. 2026-04-16

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  3. 2026-04-14

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey, Richards. Noes, 6 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCoite, DeCorte, Fevella, Inouye, Moriwaki). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  4. 2026-04-14

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 661) in amended form (SD 1).

  5. 2026-04-10

    Reported from CPN/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3784) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  6. 2026-04-10

    One Day Notice 04-14-26.

  7. 2026-04-07

    The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2026-04-02

    The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) McKelvey, Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao.

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-04-02

    The recommendation was not adopted.

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  10. 2026-04-02

    The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-04-02

    The committee(s) on CPN will reconsider its previous decision on 04-02-26 and will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 9:32AM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

  12. 2026-03-30

    Reported from WLA/HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3365) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.

  13. 2026-03-30

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  14. 2026-03-27

    The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-26 9:20AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  15. 2026-03-24

    The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Chang, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2026-03-24

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2026-03-21

    The committee(s) on WLA/HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 1:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  18. 2026-03-12

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 355).

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  19. 2026-03-12

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  20. 2026-03-12

    Referred to WLA/HWN, CPN/JDC.

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-03-10

    Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Amato, Gedeon, Hashem, Iwamoto, Matayoshi, Morikawa, Reyes Oda, Sayama, Shimizu, Tarnas, Yamashita voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Hartsfield, Lee, M., Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Takayama voting no (8) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

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  22. 2026-03-06

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1207-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  23. 2026-03-03

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hartsfield, Morikawa, Alcos; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Reyes Oda; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2026-03-02

    The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-03-26.

    deferral

  25. 2026-03-02

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  26. 2026-02-27

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  27. 2026-02-19

    Reported from EEP/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 589-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  28. 2026-02-19

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0).

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  29. 2026-02-18

    The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matsumoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Chun.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2026-02-18

    The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2026-02-13

    Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/WAL on Wednesday, 02-18-26 8:45AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  32. 2026-01-28

    Referred to EEP/WAL, FIN, referral sheet 4

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  33. 2026-01-26

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  34. 2026-01-23

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-18 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Hashem: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Woodson: not voting

  • The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-18 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Lowen: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Quinlan: yes
    • Matsumoto: yes
    • Chun: not voting

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-03-03 · pass · 15-1

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Todd: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Reyes Oda: no

  • The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-24 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Richards: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
    • Ihara: not voting
    • Keohokalole: not voting

  • The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-24 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • DeCorte: no

  • Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-04-02 · pass · 3-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Awa: no
    • San Buenaventura: not voting

  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-04-02 · pass · 2-2

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • McKelvey: no
    • Awa: no
    • Lamosao: not voting

  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-04-07 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Awa: not voting

  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading.

    2026-04-14 · pass · 19-6

    Member-level votes (2)
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Richards: yes

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