STATE BILLHI HB 1553ENGROSSED

Relating To Habitat Conservation Plans.

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)

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Mar 5, 2026; 252 days ago
Current chamber: Senate
Session: 2026 Regular Session

HI HB 1553 · EngrossedMar 5

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Bill details

Last action: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799). · Apr 21, 2026

Bill history

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Apr 21, 2026Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799).Senate

Apr 21, 2026House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Shimizu.House

Apr 17, 2026Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).Senate

Apr 16, 2026House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).House

Apr 14, 2026Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 585) in amended form (SD 1).House

Apr 14, 2026Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.Senate

Apr 10, 2026One Day Notice 04-14-26.Senate

Apr 10, 2026Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3745) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.Senate

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Apr 7, 2026The 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.Senate

Apr 1, 2026The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.Senate

Mar 30, 2026Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.Senate

Mar 30, 2026Reported from WLA/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3361) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.Senate

Mar 20, 2026The 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.Senate

Mar 20, 2026The 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.Senate

Mar 17, 2026The committee(s) on WLA/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 1:03PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.Senate

Mar 10, 2026Referred to WLA/AEN, JDC.Senate

Mar 6, 2026Passed First Reading.Senate

Mar 6, 2026Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 18).Senate

Mar 5, 2026Passed 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.House

Mar 5, 2026Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 887-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.House

Mar 3, 2026The 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.House

Feb 27, 2026Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-03-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Feb 12, 2026Passed 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).House

Feb 12, 2026Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 241-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.House

Feb 5, 2026The 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.House

Feb 2, 2026Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Jan 26, 2026Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1House

Jan 21, 2026Introduced and Pass First Reading.House

Jan 15, 2026Prefiled.House

Recorded votes

Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 20, 2026 · Senate · 3 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 20, 2026 · Senate · 3 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Judiciary: Passed, UnamendedApr 7, 2026 · Senate · 4 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

Habitat Conservation Plans
Emergency Medical and Rehabilitation Services Agreement

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