republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-297.md

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Bill	RELATING TO MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL.	Directs DOA to review the Aedes aegypti mosquito with Wolbachia bacteria, including Aedes aegypti mosquitoes originating from Hawaii stock that could be imported for landscape scale mosquito control, and render a determination to place it on the appropriate animal import list. Requires DOA, DOH, and DLNR to collaborate on a report to the Legislature with recommendations for appropriate vector control programs. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 297	Hawaii HB 297 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	DOA Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Wolbachia Bacteria Vector Control Animal Importation Report	enacted	CREAGAN DECOITE HAR HOLT LOWEN MIZUNO NAKAMURA NAKASHIMA ONISHI PERRUSO SAN BUENAVENTURA TAKAYAMA TARNAS THIELEN TODD WILDBERGER	2	45	7	2019-01-18	2019-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5ce732d9-3124-4696-9615-d6518fac4c8f	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=297&year=2019	91c744bcc12163bd76080a1c790c9d0d2cb476b53367d3c83f534324cead9e96	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 297 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL.

Directs DOA to review the Aedes aegypti mosquito with Wolbachia bacteria, including Aedes aegypti mosquitoes originating from Hawaii stock that could be imported for landscape scale mosquito control, and render a determination to place it on the appropriate animal import list. Requires DOA, DOH, and DLNR to collaborate on a report to the Legislature with recommendations for appropriate vector control programs. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB297 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB297_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — 4–0 (fail) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• CREAGAN — primary (person)
• DECOITE — primary (person)
• HAR — primary (person)
• HOLT — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• MIZUNO — primary (person)
• NAKAMURA — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
• ONISHI — primary (person)
• PERRUSO — primary (person)
• SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• THIELEN — primary (person)
• TODD — primary (person)
• WILDBERGER — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-22 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to HLT/AGR, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT/AGR on Thursday, 01-31-19 11:15AM in House conference room 329.
• 2019-01-31 Bill re-scheduled to be heard by HLT/AGR on Wednesday, 02-06-19 8:40AM in conference room 312.
• 2019-02-06 The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Belatti, San Buenaventura, Say, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nakamura. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-06 The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Holt, Onishi, Perruso, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-12 Reported from HLT/AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 273) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-02-12 Deferred one day 02-13-19.
• 2019-02-13 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) Holt, McDermott, Nakamura, Ward excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-16 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-21-19 11:00AM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-02-21 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Todd. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-28 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 812), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-02-28 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-01 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 25). introduction
• 2019-03-01 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to AEN/CPH, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-11 The committee(s) on AEN/CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-19 1:15PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-03-18 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
• 2019-03-18 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Ruderman, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-20 Reported from AEN/CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1298) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2019-03-20 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• 2019-04-03 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-05-19 10:15AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-04-05 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Inouye. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1979) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-05 One Day Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 715) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2019-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, Creagan, B. Kobayashi Co-Chairs; Tarnas, Ward.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Baker, Kanuha Co-Chairs; Fevella.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 919).
• 2019-04-22 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-23-19 2:45PM in conference room 229.
• 2019-04-23 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-19 2:45PM in conference room 229.
• 2019-04-24 The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Creagan, B. Kobayashi, Tarnas; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
• 2019-04-26 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-19.
• 2019-04-30 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 880).
• 2019-04-30 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 882).
• 2019-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-06-25 Act 106, on 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). executive-signature
• 2019-06-25 Act 106, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ce732d9-3124-4696-9615-d6518fac4c8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).