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Bill	RELATING TO SHARK AND RAY PROTECTION.	Expands the existing prohibition on knowingly capturing or killing a manta ray in state marine waters to apply to all rays and to also include knowingly taking, possessing, abusing, or entangling a ray. Provides certain exemptions. (HB808 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 808	Hawaii HB 808 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Rays Prohibitions Exemptions	enacted	BELATTI C. LEE JOHANSON LOWEN NISHIMOTO YAMANE	4	51	7	2019-01-22	2019-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/f561958b-2c46-44f7-8913-a4219e133ea4	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=808&year=2019	27bfa78f01d14ef7ae6f87704614f52a98bf552646ac5a0a4e6e84ac570af586	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 808 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO SHARK AND RAY PROTECTION.

Expands the existing prohibition on knowingly capturing or killing a manta ray in state marine waters to apply to all rays and to also include knowingly taking, possessing, abusing, or entangling a ray. Provides certain exemptions. (HB808 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB808 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB808_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB808_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB808_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BELATTI — primary (person)
• C. LEE — primary (person)
• JOHANSON — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
• YAMANE — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-22 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Referred to WLH, JUD, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Bill scheduled to be heard by WLH on Wednesday, 02-06-19 9:30AM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-02-06 The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Todd, Lowen, Tarnas, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-15 Reported from WLH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 779) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2019-02-15 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-26-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-02-26 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-27-19.
• 2019-02-26 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-27-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-02-27 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Morikawa; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, McKelvey, Say, Yamane. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1180), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-05 Passed Third Reading with none 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. 411). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to WTL, JDC/WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-19 1:15PM in conference room 229.
• 2019-03-15 The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Nishihara, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-20 Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1275) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
• 2019-03-20 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
• 2019-03-29 The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-04-03 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) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1964) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella, J.Keohokalole. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 784) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2019-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
• 2019-04-15 Re-referred to WLH, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 52 referral-committee
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Yamane, C. Lee, Luke Co-Chairs; Nishimoto, Tarnas, Thielen.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-17 House Conferees Changed: Representative Luke discharged as Co-Chair. Representative Nishimoto discharged as Member; Added as Co-Chair.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 815).
• 2019-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Kahele Chair; K. Rhoads, Kanuha Co-Chairs; Fevella.
• 2019-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-25-19 3:00PM in conference room 312.
• 2019-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 958).
• 2019-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 3:00PM in conference room 312.
• 2019-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Nishimoto, Tarnas; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) C. Lee, Thielen.
• 2019-04-26 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) K. Kahele, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) K. Rhoads. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 126) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 126).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
• 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
• 2019-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-07-09 Act 252, on 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1354). executive-signature
• 2019-07-09 Act 252, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1354). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f561958b-2c46-44f7-8913-a4219e133ea4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).