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Bill RELATING TO ANIMAL FORFEITURE. Permits duly incorporated humane societies and duly incorporated societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals to petition for full custody of an impounded pet animal or equine animal prior to the filing of certain criminal charges against the owner or custodian of the pet animal or equine animal. Allows a pet animal or equine animal to be destroyed by the petitioner prior to final disposition of certain criminal charges if the pet animal or equine animal is a danger to itself or others. Clarifies that an acquittal or dismissal in a criminal proceeding does not preclude civil proceedings under animal cruelty offenses. (HB1516 CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2017 Regular Session HB 1516 Hawaii HB 1516 (2017 Regular Session)
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Hawaii HB 1516 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ANIMAL FORFEITURE.

Permits duly incorporated humane societies and duly incorporated societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals to petition for full custody of an impounded pet animal or equine animal prior to the filing of certain criminal charges against the owner or custodian of the pet animal or equine animal. Allows a pet animal or equine animal to be destroyed by the petitioner prior to final disposition of certain criminal charges if the pet animal or equine animal is a danger to itself or others. Clarifies that an acquittal or dismissal in a criminal proceeding does not preclude civil proceedings under animal cruelty offenses. (HB1516 CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB1516 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1516_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1516_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · legislature
  • The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 70 (pass) · legislature
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 40 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 250 (pass) · legislature
  • The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 110 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • CREAGAN — primary (person)
  • CULLEN — primary (person)
  • SAIKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-25 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-01-30 Referred to AGR, JUD, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
  • 2017-01-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 02-03-17 8:30AM in House conference room 312.
  • 2017-02-02 Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
  • 2017-02-03 The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Gates, Ing, LoPresti, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-09 Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 145), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
  • 2017-02-09 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ito excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2017-02-21 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-23-17 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
  • 2017-02-23 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Nakashima, Oshiro, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-03 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 987) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2017-03-03 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-17.
  • 2017-03-07 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2017-03-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 361). introduction
  • 2017-03-09 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2017-03-09 Referred to JDL. referral-committee
  • 2017-03-24 The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-31-17 9:30AM in conference room 016.
  • 2017-03-31 The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads, Gabbard, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-06 Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1460) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2017-04-06 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
  • 2017-04-06 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-17.
  • 2017-04-11 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Shimabukuro . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Tokuda). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2017-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 665) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2017-04-13 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
  • 2017-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Creagan, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Gates, Thielen.
  • 2017-04-17 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 585).
  • 2017-04-17 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
  • 2017-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Keith-Agaran Chair; Gabbard, K. Rhoads.
  • 2017-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
  • 2017-04-20 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-24-17 9:00AM in conference room 224.
  • 2017-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-26-17 11:00AM in conference room 224.
  • 2017-04-26 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-17 11:00AM in conference room 224.
  • 2017-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, Nishimoto, Gates, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2017-04-27 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) Keith-Agaran, Gabbard, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 35) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2017-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
  • 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 35).
  • 2017-04-27 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
  • 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
  • 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
  • 2017-05-03 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
  • 2017-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
  • 2017-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2017-07-06 Act 078, on 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1179). executive-signature
  • 2017-07-06 Act 078, 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1179). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1c5d07d-c050-46b9-beba-c85c54c8230d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).