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SB 2005STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO CONSERVATION BANKING.

Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources and certain public or private entities to operate conservation banks, subject to approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, for situations where a person or entity is required to provide compensatory mitigation to offset adverse impacts to threatened, endangered, candidate, or proposed species as part of an approved incidental take license and habitat conservation plan. Adds the Associate Director of the United States Geological Survey, Ecosystems Mission Area, to the membership of the Endangered Species Recovery Committee. Requires the Endangered Species Recovery Committee to review applications and proposals for conservation banks and conduct subsequent reviews and oversight. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Voted 3/19/2026View source

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

24 yea·0 nay·2 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 3/19/2026Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and none excused (0).
  2. 3/19/2026Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
  3. 3/17/2026The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  4. 3/12/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-17-26 9:15AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  5. 3/10/2026Referred to EEP, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 16
  6. 3/10/2026Pass First Reading
  7. 3/6/2026Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 32) in amended form (SD 1).
  8. 3/6/2026Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.
  9. 3/5/2026One Day Notice 03-06-26.
  10. 3/5/2026Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2750) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.