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SB2005HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Conservation Banking.

Last status update Mar 6, 2026

What this measure contains

Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources and certain public or private entities to operate conservation banks, subject to approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, 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, Ecosystems 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 conduct subsequent reviews and oversight. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Legislative path

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  1. Introduced
  2. SD1by WLA
  3. HD1by EEP

Companion measure: HB2204. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Water, Land, and Agriculture (WLA) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  2. Ways and Means (WAM) on SD1: Passed, unamended

    12 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  3. Senate third reading on SD1: Passed

    22 aye · 2 no · 1 excused

  4. House EEP committee on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    7 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  5. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    48 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 1 no · 0 excused

Senate members along the path

7 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes

House members along the path

41 more House members only counted as floor ayes

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

  1. Pending Introduction.

  2. Introduced and passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to WLA, WAM.

  4. The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on WLA deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 02-09-26 1:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.

  6. The committee(s) on has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-13-26 1:01PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.

  7. The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang.

  8. Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2505) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

  10. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 10:57AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  11. The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-03-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  12. 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, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

  13. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2750) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  14. One Day Notice 03-06-26.

  15. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.

  16. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 32) in amended form (SD 1).

  17. Pass First Reading

  18. Referred to EEP, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 16

  19. Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-17-26 9:15AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  20. The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  21. Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

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

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