Hawaii Senate Bill 177
Session 2026
Relating To Aquaculture.
Became Law
Became Law on Jun 26, 2026
First Action
Jan 13, 2025
Latest Action
Jun 26, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
177
State
Hawaii
Session
2026
Motion Text
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
Senate Roll Call Votes
Summary
Authorizes the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to develop an evaluation and authorization process to import and transport aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Aquaculture Program to develop a biological aquatic risk-based framework and biocontainment standards for the aquatic livestock evaluation and authorization process. (CD1)
SB177_CD1
SB177_SD1
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06/26/2026
Senate
Act 165, 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267).
06/26/2026
House
Act 165, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267).
05/08/2026
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
05/08/2026
Senate
Enrolled to Governor.
05/06/2026
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
05/06/2026
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (3) and none excused (0).
05/06/2026
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).
05/01/2026
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 12:45 PM; Conference Room 325.
05/01/2026
Senate
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.
05/01/2026
House
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Matayoshi, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
05/01/2026
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 181-26).
05/01/2026
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.
05/01/2026
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 181-26) as amended in (CD 1).
05/01/2026
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
04/30/2026
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 9:15AM; Conference Room 325.
04/29/2026
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.
04/28/2026
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.
04/27/2026
Senate
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-28-26 9:35AM; Conference Room 325.
04/23/2026
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 811).
04/22/2026
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 720).
04/22/2026
House
House Conferees Appointed: Chun, Matayoshi, Kusch Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
04/21/2026
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Richards Co-Chair; Awa.
04/02/2026
Senate
Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
04/01/2026
House
House Conferee(s) discharged.
03/20/2026
Senate
Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
03/20/2026
House
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
12/08/2025
Hawaii State Legislature
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
04/25/2025
House
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 10:50AM in Conference Room 325.
04/25/2025
House
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 2:40 PM; Conference Room 411.
04/24/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:40AM; Conference Room 325.
04/23/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.
04/22/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 9:31AM; Conference Room 325.
04/21/2025
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754).
04/17/2025
House
House Conferees Appointed: Kahaloa, Matayoshi, Kusch Co-Chairs; Quinlan, Pierick.
04/17/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.
04/15/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Richards, Awa.
04/15/2025
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789).
04/08/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 572).
04/08/2025
Senate
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
04/08/2025
House
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774).
04/04/2025
House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1963), recommending passage on Third Reading.
04/04/2025
House
Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2).
04/04/2025
House
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
04/01/2025
House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
03/28/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-01-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/20/2025
House
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1381), recommending referral to FIN.
03/20/2025
House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
03/18/2025
House
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Tam, Pierick.
03/14/2025
House
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1221) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
03/14/2025
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
03/14/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-18-25 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/12/2025
House
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
03/07/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/06/2025
House
Pass First Reading
03/06/2025
House
Referred to AGR, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 19
03/04/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
03/04/2025
House
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 106) in amended form (SD 1).
02/28/2025
Senate
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 937) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
02/28/2025
Senate
One Day Notice 03-04-25.
02/27/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
02/21/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
02/05/2025
Senate
Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 49) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
02/05/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
01/24/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.
01/21/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-24-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
01/17/2025
Senate
Referred to AEN, WAM.
01/15/2025
Senate
Introduced and passed First Reading.
01/13/2025
Senate
Pending Introduction.
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Record Created
Jan 21, 2026 8:56:40 AM
Record Updated
Jun 27, 2026 6:32:51 AM