---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES."
description: "Clarifies that a state department that is a member of the invasive species council, counties, and its employees and authorized agents, have authority to enter private property to control and eradicate invasive species when there is a reasonable suspicion that invasive species are present on the property. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 201"
citation: "Hawaii HB 201 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Invasive Species", "Private Property", "Entry", "Reasonable Suspicion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROWER", "C. LEE", "CREAGAN", "JOHANSON", "LOWEN", "MCKELVEY", "MORIKAWA", "NAKAMURA", "OHNO", "TAKAYAMA", "THIELEN", "TODD", "WILDBERGER", "YAMANE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fcb656a-fdf7-4895-879a-951a14e7431b"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=201&year=2019"
source_hash: "c6e7b954fa36cc57bf790ee594db18ad6ae7907677dc9d8eb8df67cfbea763b4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 201 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Clarifies that a state department that is a member of the invasive species council, counties, and its employees and authorized agents, have authority to enter private property to control and eradicate invasive species when there is a reasonable suspicion that invasive species are present on the property. (SD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB201** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB201_.HTM)
2. **HB201_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB201_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BROWER — primary (person)
- C. LEE — primary (person)
- CREAGAN — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NAKAMURA — primary (person)
- OHNO — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- THIELEN — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- WILDBERGER — primary (person)
- YAMANE — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-17** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-18** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to AGR, JUD, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Re-referred to EEP, JUD, referral sheet 11 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-07-19 9:00AM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-02-07** The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Har, Tarnas, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 270), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2019-02-12** Deferred one day 02-13-19.
- **2019-02-13** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, McDermott, Nakamura, Ward excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-19-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-02-19** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-20-19.
- **2019-02-19** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-20-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-20** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Yamane. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1175) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 350). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to AEN, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-19 1:15PM in conference room 224.
- **2019-03-13** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ruderman, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1255) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2019-03-19** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
- **2019-03-25** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-29-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-03-29** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1853) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-04** One Day Notice 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 665) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-04-09** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 719).
- **2019-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; K. Rhoads Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900).
- **2019-04-24** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-25** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 861).
- **2019-04-25** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2019-04-25** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with Representative(s) Kong, Okimoto, Say voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cachola, Thielen excused (2).
- **2019-04-26** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 871).
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-07-09** Act 197, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09** Act 197, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fcb656a-fdf7-4895-879a-951a14e7431b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).