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HB1572HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Aquaculture Development.

Last status update Mar 6, 2026

What this measure contains

Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to: (1) Establish a Restorative Aquaculture Development Program to reduce aquaculture permit processing time, support aquaculture infrastructure expansion, increase the aquaculture workforce, and pursue federal aquaculture grants; (2) Establish three pilot demonstration sites for restorative aquaculture; and (3) Convene a Restorative Aquaculture Advisory Council. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2030. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

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  • SB2349— Same As

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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 AGR
  3. HD2by JHA
  4. SD1by EDT

Companion measure: SB2349. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

    6 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    50 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

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

    8 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD2: Report adopted

    49 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  5. House FIN committee on HD2: Passed, unamended

    16 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  6. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    48 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  7. Agriculture and Environment (AEN) on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  8. Economic Development and Technology (EDT) on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    3 aye · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of HB1572
MemberAEN
HD2		EDT
HD2		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023Aye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007AyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020Aye
Carol FukunagaSD-011Excused
Mike GabbardSD-021Aye
Donna KimSD-014Excused
Karl RhoadsSD-013Aye
Tim RichardsSD-004Aye
Glenn WakaiSD-015Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1572
MemberAGR
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Report adoption
HD2		FIN
HD2		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAyeAyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAyeAyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeExcusedAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028Excused
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007ExcusedAyeAyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAyeAyeExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAyeExcusedAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeExcusedAyeExcused
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAyeAye
20 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberAGR
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Report adoption
HD2		FIN
HD2		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye

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. Prefiled.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to AGR, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 02-06-26 9:01AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen.

  6. Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 168-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

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

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-18-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Kahaloa, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Sayama.

  10. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 736-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  14. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 925-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  16. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 137).

  17. Passed First Reading.

  18. Referred to AEN/EDT, WAM.

  19. The committee(s) on AEN/EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  20. 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, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  21. The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Kim.

  22. Reported from AEN/EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3297) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

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