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HB1278HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Hazardous Tree Removal.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Appropriates funds for the assessment and removal of hazardous trees on state lands across Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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How this measure moved

Legislative path

Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.

  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by WAL
  3. HD2by FIN

Companion measure: HB1278. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. House WAL committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    9 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    49 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  3. House FIN committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    14 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  4. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    49 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1278
MemberWAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeExcusedAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031ExcusedAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcusedExcused
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAye
25 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberWAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 4

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-06-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama.

  6. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 356) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.

  10. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1157) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  11. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.

  12. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  13. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 348).

  14. Passed First Reading.

  15. Referred to WTL, WAM.

  16. The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  17. The committee on WTL deferred the measure.

  18. The committee(s) on WTL will hold a public decision making on 03-19-25 1:45PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  19. The committee(s) on WTL deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-19-25 1:45PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

  20. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  21. Re-Referred to WLA, WAM.

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