Relating To Conservation Mitigation Banks.
Last status update Jul 9, 2026
What this measure contains
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources and certain public or private entities to seek the approval of the Board of Land and Natural Resources to operate conservation banks for situations where a person or entity is required to provide compensatory mitigation to offset adverse impacts to threatened, endangered, candidate, or proposed species as part of an approved incidental take license and habitat conservation plan. Adds the associate director of the United States Geological Survey, Ecosystem Mission Area, to the membership of the Endangered Species Recovery Committee. Requires the Endangered Species Recovery Committee to review applications and proposals for conservation banks and conservation bank instruments conduct subsequent reviews and oversight. (CD1)
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- Introduced · Official document ↗· Jan 22, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Feb 3, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Mar 25, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· May 2, 2026
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.
- Introduced
- HD1by EEP
- SD1by WLA
- CD1by Conference
Decision stages
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House EEP committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1
5 aye · 0 no · 2 excused
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House second reading on HD1: Passed
50 aye · 0 no · 1 excused
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House WAL committee on HD1: Passed, unamended
9 aye · 0 no · 0 excused
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House report adoption on HD1: Report adopted
47 aye · 0 no · 3 excused
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House FIN committee on HD1: Passed, unamended
15 aye · 0 no · 1 excused
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House third reading on HD1: Passed
49 aye · 0 no · 1 excused
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Water, Land, and Agriculture (WLA) on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1
5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call
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Ways and Means (WAM) on SD1: Passed, unamended
12 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call
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Senate third reading on SD1: Passed
22 aye · 3 no · 0 excused
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House conference managers on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as CD1
4 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call
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Senate conference managers on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as CD1
3 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call
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House final reading on CD1: Passed
51 aye · 0 no · 0 excused
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Senate final reading on CD1: Passed
22 aye · 3 no · 0 excused
Senate members along the path
| Member | WLA HD1 | WAM SD1 | Third reading SD1 | Conference SD1 | Final reading CD1 | Change along the path |
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| Samantha DeCorteSD-022 | Aye | No | No | Aye → No at Senate third reading (SD1) | ||
| Kurt FevellaSD-020 | Aye | No | No | Aye → No at Senate third reading (SD1) | ||
| Brenton AwaSD-023 | No | No | ||||
| Stanley ChangSD-009 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Lynn DecoiteSD-007 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Donovan CruzSD-017 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Brandon ElefanteSD-016 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Troy HashimotoSD-005 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Lorraine InouyeSD-001 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |
| Dru KanuhaSD-003 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Michelle KidaniSD-018 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Donna KimSD-014 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||
| Chris LeeSD-025 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | |
| Sharon MoriwakiSD-012 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Tim RichardsSD-004 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Glenn WakaiSD-015 | Aye | Aye | Aye |
8 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
| Member | WLA HD1 | WAM SD1 | Third reading SD1 | Conference SD1 | Final reading CD1 | Change along the path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol FukunagaSD-011 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Mike GabbardSD-021 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Les IharaSD-010 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Ronald KouchiSD-008 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Angus McKelveySD-006 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Karl RhoadsSD-013 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002 | Aye | Aye |
House members along the path
| Member | EEP Introduced | Second reading HD1 | WAL HD1 | Report adoption HD1 | FIN HD1 | Third reading HD1 | Conference SD1 | Final reading CD1 | Change along the path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David AlcosHD-041 | Aye | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Della au BelattiHD-026 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Cory ChunHD-035 | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Elle CochranHD-014 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Joe GedeonHD-018 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Daisy HartsfieldHD-036 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Mark HashemHD-019 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Ikaika HusseyHD-029 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Linda IchiyamaHD-031 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kim IwamotoHD-025 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kirstin KahaloaHD-006 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Lisa KitagawaHD-048 | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Matthias KuschHD-001 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Mike LeeHD-050 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Nicole LowenHD-007 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Lauren MatsumotoHD-038 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Tyson MiyakeHD-010 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Daynette MorikawaHD-017 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Amy PerrusoHD-046 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||
| Mahina PoepoeHD-013 | Aye | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Sean QuinlanHD-047 | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Julie Reyes OdaHD-040 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Garner ShimizuHD-032 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kanani SouzaHD-043 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jenna TakenouchiHD-027 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Shirley Ann TemploHD-030 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Chris ToddHD-003 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Justin WoodsonHD-009 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kyle YamashitaHD-012 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye |
22 more House members only counted as floor ayes
| Member | EEP Introduced | Second reading HD1 | WAL HD1 | Report adoption HD1 | FIN HD1 | Third reading HD1 | Conference SD1 | Final reading CD1 | Change along the path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terez AmatoHD-011 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Luke EvslinHD-016 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Diamond GarciaHD-042 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Andrew GarrettHD-022 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Tina GrandinettiHD-020 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Daniel HoltHD-028 | Aye | ||||||||
| Greggor IlaganHD-004 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Jeanne KapelaHD-005 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Darius KilaHD-044 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Sam KongHD-033 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Trish La ChicaHD-037 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Lisa MartenHD-051 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Scot MatayoshiHD-049 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Chris MuraokaHD-045 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Nadine NakamuraHD-015 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Ikaika OldsHD-023 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Elijah PierickHD-039 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Michael RatcliffeHD-028 | Aye | ||||||||
| Jackson SayamaHD-021 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Gregg TakayamaHD-034 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Adrian TamHD-024 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| David TarnasHD-008 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye |
Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote
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Legislative history
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Pending introduction.
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Introduced and Pass First Reading.
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Referred to EEP, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1
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Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 01-29-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Chun, Quinlan.
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Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 10-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
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Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1).
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Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-12-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
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Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 336-26), recommending referral to FIN.
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Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lee, M., Poepoe excused (3).
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Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
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Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 876-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
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Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 49).
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Passed First Reading.
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Referred to WLA, WAM.
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The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
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The committee(s) on WLA deferred the measure until 03-18-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
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The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Chang, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
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Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3244) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
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Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
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The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
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The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..
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Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3642) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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One Day Notice 04-10-26.
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Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
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Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 529) in amended form (SD 1).
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House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
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Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599).
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House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Hashem, Perruso Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
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Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).
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Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Inouye Co-Chair; Lamosao.
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Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).
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Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 10:10AM in conference room 325.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 10:10AM in conference room 325.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 10:10AM in conference room 325.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:10AM in conference room 325.
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The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Hashem, Perruso, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
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The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
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Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 165-26) as amended in (CD 1).
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Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
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Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 165-26).
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48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
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Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
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Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none).
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Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).
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Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
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Transmitted to Governor.
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Act 208, 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310).
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Act 208, on 07/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310).