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HI SB 599

died on adjournment

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did HI SB 599 pass?

No. HI SB 599 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 (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI SB 599 about?

Requires the Department of Transportation or appropriate county department when disposing of a deceased cat or dog from a public roadway to scan the animal for a microchip, record certain information, and report that information to the appropriate county animal services or animal service contractors. Appropriates funds.

Who sponsors HI SB 599?

KIDANI, CHANG, FEVELLA and 1 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 599, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires the Department of Transportation or appropriate county department when disposing of a deceased cat or dog from a public roadway to scan the animal for a microchip, record certain information, and report that information to the appropriate county animal services or animal service contractors. Appropriates funds.

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • KIDANIprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • FEVELLAprimary
  • RHOADSprimary
  • Wakaicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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  2. 2025-02-11

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

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  3. 2025-02-11

    Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 256) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

  4. 2025-02-06

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

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  5. 2025-02-03

    The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  6. 2025-01-27

    Re-Referred to TCA, WAM.

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  7. 2025-01-23

    Referred to TCA/EIG, WAM.

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  8. 2025-01-17

    Passed First Reading.

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  9. 2025-01-17

    Introduced.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-06 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
    • Inouye: not voting

Related bills

  • Companion bill: HB 667not in this corpus

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=599&year=2026

Attribution

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