Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB498
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating To Agricultural Crimes.
Subject: DOA: Hawaii Agricultural Crimes Council: Establishment: Appropriations ($): Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund
Description: Establishes the Hawaii Agricultural Crimes Council. Expands the duties of the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with and support the Council. Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
Last Action Date: February 14, 2025
Companion Bill: SB762
Sponsors
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15 sponsors: Kirstin Kahaloa (D); Terez Amato (D); Della au Belatti (D); Cory Chun (D); Andrew Garrett (D); Daniel Holt (D); Kim Iwamoto (D); Jeanne Kapela (D); Rachele Fernandez Lamosao (D); Nicole Lowen (D); Lisa Marten (D); Tyson Miyake (D);Gregg Takayama (D); David Tarnas (D); Chris Todd (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 29% (15 of 51)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 14, 2025 | Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
| House | Feb 14, 2025 | Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 720) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN. |
| House | Feb 11, 2025 | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem. |
| House | Feb 7, 2025 | Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. |
| House | Feb 4, 2025 | Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 82) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. |
| House | Feb 4, 2025 | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3). |
| House | Jan 29, 2025 | 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; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. |
| House | Jan 23, 2025 | Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 01-29-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. |
| House | Jan 21, 2025 | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| House | Jan 21, 2025 | Referred to AGR, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2 |
| House | Jan 17, 2025 | Pending introduction. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Amended | Feb 13, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Feb 3, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 17, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
