HI HB 1553
died on adjournmentRELATING TO HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did HI HB 1553 pass?
No. HI HB 1553 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 (2026-04-21): House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Shimizu.
What is HI HB 1553 about?
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)
Who sponsors HI HB 1553?
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI and 11 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1553.
Description
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)
- Introduced
- 2026-01-21
- Latest action
- 2026-04-21 — House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Shimizu.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- TARNASprimary
- AMATOprimary
- BELATTIprimary
- EVSLINprimary
- ILAGANprimary
- KAPELAprimary
- KILAprimary
- KUSCHprimary
- MARTENprimary
- MATAYOSHIprimary
- MORIKAWAprimary
- OLDSprimary
- SOUZAprimary
- TAMprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-21
House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Shimizu.
2026-04-21
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799).
receipt
2026-04-17
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
receipt
2026-04-16
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
amendment-failure
2026-04-14
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage
2026-04-14
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 585) in amended form (SD 1).
2026-04-10
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3745) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2026-04-10
One Day Notice 04-14-26.
2026-04-07
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-01
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2026-03-30
Reported from WLA/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3361) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
2026-03-30
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-20
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-20
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-17
The committee(s) on WLA/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 1:03PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
2026-03-10
Referred to WLA/AEN, JDC.
referral-committee
2026-03-06
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 18).
introduction,receipt
2026-03-06
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2026-03-05
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 887-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2026-03-05
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.
passage
2026-03-03
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-27
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-03-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-12
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 241-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2026-02-12
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick, Shimizu voting no (2) and none excused (0).
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-05
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-02
Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-01-26
Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1
referral-committee
2026-01-21
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2026-01-15
Prefiled.
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Votes
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-02-05 · pass · 7-1
Member-level votes (9)
- Hashem: yes
- Morikawa: yes
- Belatti: yes
- Ichiyama: yes
- Poepoe: yes
- Woodson: yes
- Souza: yes
- Shimizu: no
- Iwamoto: not voting
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2026-03-03 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Todd: yes
- Takenouchi: yes
- Hartsfield: yes
- Hussey: yes
- Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
- Kitagawa: yes
- Kusch: yes
- Lee: yes
- M: yes
- Miyake: yes
- Morikawa: yes
- Perruso: yes
- Templo: yes
- Yamashita: yes
- Alcos: yes
- Reyes Oda: yes
- Gedeon: yes
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-03-20 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Gabbard: yes
- DeCoite: yes
- Rhoads: yes
- Richards: not voting
- Awa: not voting
The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-03-20 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Lee: yes
- C: yes
- Chang: yes
- Lamosao: yes
- Inouye: not voting
- DeCorte: not voting
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2026-04-07 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Rhoads: yes
- Gabbard: yes
- Chang: yes
- San Buenaventura: yes
- Awa: not voting
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.
2026-04-14 · pass · 25-0
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 2988
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