HCR 42 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

ENCOURAGING EACH COUNTY TO ESTABLISH ITS OWN BIOSECURITY PLAN THAT PRIORITIZES THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY.

HCR 42 is a resolution encouraging Hawaii's counties to develop their own biosecurity plans. It does not require counties to create these plans but urges them to tailor strategies to local challenges like climate, agriculture, and invasive species threats. The resolution emphasizes that plans should prioritize each county's specific needs for preventing harmful plant and animal invasions. It also recommends counties collaborate with each other and state agencies, such as the Department of Agriculture, to improve invasive species response efforts.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2025

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HCR42 → HCR42_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a plain text document to a structured legislative template with metadata fields. The substantive policy language remains largely the same, though one resolution was modified to add language about identifying proposals for legislative changes at state and county levels. This change allows counties to formally request state legislative action to support their biosecurity efforts.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on encouraging counties to create their own biosecurity plans, with no change in applicability or eligibility criteria.

REQUIREMENT

Added language requiring counties to identify proposals for legislative changes at state and county levels to promote their biosecurity initiatives

TECHNICAL

Converted document from plain text to structured legislative template format with metadata fields including timestamps, version numbers, and formatting codes

Removed original document header information including page numbers, file metadata, and formatting artifacts

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from EIG/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1926) with recommendation of adoption.

upper

Apr 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

upper

Apr 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, DeCoite, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Fevella.

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 04-11-25 2:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to EIG/AEN.

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 389).

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Ward excused (3).

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1556) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Ward.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

11 primary · 1 co-sponsor