---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO DANGEROUS DOGS."
description: "Establishes the offense of negligent failure to control a dangerous dog. Beginning 7/1/2025, establishes provisions regarding the designation of dangerous dogs, requirements for owners of dangerous dogs, and impoundment of dangerous dogs. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2058"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2058 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Owners of Dangerous Dogs", "Penal Code", "Requirements and Penalties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ILAGAN", "NISHIMOTO", "TARNAS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c04527d-5a4c-459d-ae01-94a7bbd43e9e"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2058&year=2024"
source_hash: "3820fbd1b00e6c0674c850fcc815aa49eba79a4ad72a50d3a5d08f4bbd456683"
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 2058 (2024) — RELATING TO DANGEROUS DOGS.

Establishes the offense of negligent failure to control a dangerous dog. Beginning 7/1/2025, establishes provisions regarding the designation of dangerous dogs, requirements for owners of dangerous dogs, and impoundment of dangerous dogs. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2058** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2058_.HTM)
2. **HB2058_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2058_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2058_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2058_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB2058_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2058_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ILAGAN — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-08** Act 224, 07/08/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1325). `became-law`
- **2024-07-08** Act 224, on 07/08/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1325). `became-law`
- **2024-05-02** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2024-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 3-24).
- **2024-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 3-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2024-04-19** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Morikawa, Ilagan, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2024-04-19** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-19-24 1:30PM in conference room 325.
- **2024-04-18** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760). `receipt`
- **2024-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Ilagan, Souza.
- **2024-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 677). `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Awa.
- **2024-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 550) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2024-04-09** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3641) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-03-19** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 03-19-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016. `deferral`
- **2024-03-14** The committee on JDC has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 03-19-24 10:00AM; CR 016.
- **2024-03-14** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 03-19-24 10:00AM; CR 016. `deferral`
- **2024-03-08** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-24 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 116). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Amato, Kong voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Quinlan, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 854-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-02-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-27-24 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-02-13** 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) Kila, Takayama excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 298-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2024-02-01** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Ichiyama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-01-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c04527d-5a4c-459d-ae01-94a7bbd43e9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).