HI HB 309
died on adjournmentRELATING TO FISHPONDS.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
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
2026-04-17
Re-Referred to WLA/EDU, WAM.
referral-committee
2026-04-02
Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
receipt
2026-04-01
House Conferee(s) discharged.
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
2025-04-17
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 10:00AM in conference room 229.
2025-04-15
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).
receipt
2025-04-15
Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Kim, DeCoite Co-Chairs; DeCorte.
2025-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 790).
receipt
2025-04-14
House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Garrett, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Shimizu.
2025-04-11
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).
receipt
2025-04-10
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
amendment-failure
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
2025-04-08
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 618) in amended form (SD 1).
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
2025-04-04
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1832) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
2025-04-04
48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
2025-04-02
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-25 10:46AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2025-03-21
Reported from WTL/HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1281) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
2025-03-21
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
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
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
2025-03-13
The committee(s) on WTL/HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 3:15PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2025-03-11
Re-Referred to WTL/HRE, WAM.
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 210).
introduction,receipt
2025-03-06
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2025-03-06
Referred to HRE/WTL, WAM.
referral-committee
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
2025-02-28
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1150), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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
2025-02-21
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-10
Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 294), recommending referral to FIN.
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
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
2025-01-31
Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 02-05-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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.
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
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
2025-01-24
Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 01-28-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21
Referred to WAL, HED, FIN, referral sheet 1
referral-committee
2025-01-17
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-16
Pending introduction.
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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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