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HB 2593 Hawaii House · 2018 Regular Session

RELATING TO FERAL CATS.

Summary
Allows a nonprofit animal care or rescue group to register and oversee caregivers of free-roaming cats. Exempts registered caregivers of free-roaming cats from state laws and county ordinances relating to the feeding and confinement of cats. Establishes a trap-sterilize-return-manage process. Takes effect on 1/1/2018. Repeals on 12/31/2022. (SD1)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House Passage
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2018 Last action Mar 23, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
10
Mar 23, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
upper
Mar 23, 2018
Committee
Reported from AEN/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3097) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
upper
Mar 21, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Wakai, Baker, L. Thielen ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara.
upper
Mar 21, 2018
Upper · Passed
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, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) K. Rhoads ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Riviere, Ruderman; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Mar 15, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on AEN/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-18 1:15PM in conference room 224.
upper
Mar 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to AEN/PSM, JDC.
upper
Mar 8, 2018
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 360).
upper
Mar 6, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Gates, Har, Keohokalole, Matsumoto, Tupola, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Choy, Cullen, Evans, Hashem, Holt, Kobayashi, Learmont, LoPresti, Nakamura, Ohno, Takayama voting no (11) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 1, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Fukumoto, Lowen, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Kobayashi, Tupola, Ward; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Nakamura; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Keohokalole.
lower
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 724-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 14, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, Ing, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gates; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) DeCoite, Say, Thielen.
lower
Jan 29, 2018
Committee
Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 9
lower
Jan 24, 2018
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
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