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HI HB 309

died on adjournment

RELATING TO FISHPONDS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did HI HB 309 pass?

No. HI HB 309 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): Re-Referred to WLA/EDU, WAM.

What is HI HB 309 about?

Establishes a fishpond inventory working group within the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to create an inventory and map of all fishponds on state land and conduct a literature review. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 309?

POEPOE, AMATO, CHUN and 13 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 309.

Description

Establishes a fishpond inventory working group within the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to create an inventory and map of all fishponds on state land and conduct a literature review. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2026-04-17 — Re-Referred to WLA/EDU, WAM.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • POEPOEprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • CHUNprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • KITAGAWAprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • TAKAYAMAprimary
  • TAKENOUCHIprimary
  • TARNASprimary
  • TODDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-17

    Re-Referred to WLA/EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  3. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  6. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  7. 2025-04-17

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 10:00AM in conference room 229.

  8. 2025-04-15

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).

    receipt

  9. 2025-04-15

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Kim, DeCoite Co-Chairs; DeCorte.

  10. 2025-04-15

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 790).

    receipt

  11. 2025-04-14

    House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Garrett, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Shimizu.

  12. 2025-04-11

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  13. 2025-04-10

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  14. 2025-04-08

    Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  15. 2025-04-08

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 618) in amended form (SD 1).

  16. 2025-04-04

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-04-04

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1832) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

  18. 2025-04-04

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

  19. 2025-04-02

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-25 10:46AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  20. 2025-03-21

    Reported from WTL/HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1281) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

  21. 2025-03-21

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  22. 2025-03-18

    The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-03-18

    The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HRE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2025-03-13

    The committee(s) on WTL/HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 3:15PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  25. 2025-03-11

    Re-Referred to WTL/HRE, WAM.

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-03-06

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 210).

    introduction,receipt

  27. 2025-03-06

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  28. 2025-03-06

    Referred to HRE/WTL, WAM.

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-03-04

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  30. 2025-02-28

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1150), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  31. 2025-02-24

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-02-21

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  33. 2025-02-10

    Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 294), recommending referral to FIN.

  34. 2025-02-10

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4).

    passage,referral-committee

  35. 2025-02-05

    The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. 2025-01-31

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 02-05-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. 2025-01-30

    Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 16) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED.

  38. 2025-01-30

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  39. 2025-01-28

    The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

    committee-passage-favorable

  40. 2025-01-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 01-28-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  41. 2025-01-21

    Referred to WAL, HED, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  42. 2025-01-17

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  43. 2025-01-16

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-01-28 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Hashem: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Woodson: not voting
  • The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-02-05 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Garrett: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Evslin: yes
    • Kapela: yes
    • Kila: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Sayama: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Souza: yes
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-02-24 · 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
  • The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-03-18 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Kim: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Fukunaga: not voting
  • The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-03-18 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Inouye: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
    • McKelvey: not voting
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-04-04 · pass · 12-0

    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
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Lee: not voting
    • C.: not voting
  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    2025-04-08 · pass · 25-0

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