Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB 1601

RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• CHUN (Democratic)

Cosponsors (1)

• Kusch (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HB1601
• HB1601_HD1
• HB1601_SD1
• HB1601_HD2

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

Actions

• Jan 16, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Jan 21, 2026 · House
  Introduced and Pass First Reading.
• Jan 26, 2026 · House
  Referred to AGR, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1
• Jan 27, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 01-30-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Jan 30, 2026 · House
  The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• Feb 4, 2026 · House
  Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 4-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
• Feb 4, 2026 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1).
• Feb 17, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 19, 2026 · House
  The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• Feb 20, 2026 · House
  Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 716-26), recommending referral to FIN.
• Feb 20, 2026 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 3, 2026 · House
  The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Mar 6, 2026 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1030-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Mar 6, 2026 · House
  Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
• Mar 10, 2026 · House
  Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
• Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 249).
• Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to AEN/WLA, WAM.
• Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on AEN/WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 1:03PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
  The 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.
• Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
  The 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.
• Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from AEN/WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3242) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.