Legislative record

HB 1951STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.

Requires the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience to establish a Center on Biosecurity Research, Education, and Extension to develop and implement innovative solutions for detecting, monitoring, eradicating, and managing invasive species. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Voted 2/20/2026View source

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

17 yea·0 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 2/20/2026Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
  2. 2/20/2026Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 591-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
  3. 2/18/2026The 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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  4. 2/13/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  5. 2/10/2026Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
  6. 2/9/2026Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 124-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
  7. 2/4/2026The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  8. 1/30/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 02-04-26 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  9. 1/28/2026Referred to HED, AGR, FIN, referral sheet 3
  10. 1/26/2026Introduced and Pass First Reading.