SB 1022 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ANIMAL ENDANGERMENT.

Summary

Allows animal control officers, law enforcement officers, and firefighters to enter an unattended vehicle to protect the health, safety, or well-being of a pet animal that is endangered by being left or confined in an unattended vehicle. Allows private citizens to retrieve a pet animal that has been left in an unattended vehicle, under certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1022_SD1 → SB1022_SD2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill revision updates the legislative session from the 33rd to the 34th and changes the bill's designation from SD1 to SD2. The core policy regarding the rescue of animals left in hot vehicles remains substantively the same, but the text was reorganized to streamline the description of the Act's purpose and renumber the statutory sections for clarity.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the prohibition of leaving pets in vehicles and the rules for rescue operations remains unchanged; only the structural numbering and session identifiers were updated.

TECHNICAL

Updated the legislative session number from the 33rd Legislature to the 34th Legislature and changed the bill designation from SD1 to SD2.

Reorganized the text of Section 1 to combine the legislative findings and the purpose of the Act into a single paragraph, removing a separate numbered list for the purpose.

Renumbered the subsections of the new Chapter 708 and Chapter 711 sections to reflect the new structure, shifting the immunity clauses and private citizen rescue rules to different numbers.

Updated the report title to replace the word 'Confinement' with 'Rescue' in the description of the bill's intent.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 19, 2025

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1364) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Mar 14, 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, Lowen, Perruso; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward.

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR, JHA, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 238) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:20AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from AEN/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 456) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fukunaga.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN/PSM, JDC.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

6 primary · 2 co-sponsors