SB 387 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS.

Summary

Requires the Department of Agriculture to be responsible for all neighbor island inspection permit fees for service animals that are located in the State and are being transported for release at Kona, Kahului, or Lihue airports. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB387 → SB387_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes to clarify that the Department of Agriculture must cover inspection permit fees for service animals traveling to specific interisland airports (Kona, Kahului, and Lihue). The amendment also updates the effective date of the law from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, and adjusts associated metadata such as bill numbers and revision codes.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on service animal regulations, but the applicability of the fee waiver is explicitly tied to specific airports in the amendment text.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified that the Department of Agriculture is responsible for permit fees for service animals released at Kona, Kahului, or Lihue airports.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the Act from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill identifiers, including changing the bill type from SB to SD1 and updating revision numbers and template codes.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 13) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards, DeCoite ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-27-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

3 primary · 2 co-sponsors